Hello from the Exe Estuary J. This week during the Thursday work party, we started to lay a hedge on the Powderham Reserve, along the footpath behind the Swan’s Nest pub. We used wooden stakes which were made from material removed from an area of scrub that we cleared near the viewing platform. Steve Elcoate, one of our regular Thursday work party volunteers, has kindly provided some photos of the work that was undertaken:
Ezechiele Hedgelaying, Photo Credit:Steve Elcoate
Thanks to the volunteers that came out to do this, it is looking very good. Hopefully we can lay more of it soon.
Some of the Laid Hedge, Photo Credit: Steve Elcoate
During the rest of the week, we have been clearing large bramble patches on a field near the canal to stop the field from scrubbing over and to open up the landscape to benefit geese, waders and other birds that prefer wide open, grassy landscapes.
We have also continued to move into our new workshop on the sidings. Hopefully we’ll be settled in soon!
Thanks for reading, we’ll be back again next week!
Mark Small
Good bit of hedge laying!