The second volunteer Sunday of 2015 took place yesterday, with 12 people arriving to a sunny, but very blustery Langford for a day of hedge planting.
We have been lucky enough to secure funding recently for just over 450 metres of hedgerow, to be planted on the north-western boundary of the site. This follows most of the western boundary of the North and Cromwell Trails and when grown on, it will provide a corridor from the hedgerow on Westfield Lane, to the scrub on the western boundary south of Cromwell lock. The hedge consists of mixed native species, typical of this area of the Midlands, including common hawthorn, field maple, common dogwood, dog rose, guelder rose and purging buckthorn. These are all wildlife friendly species, providing habitat and food for a wide range of invertebrates, mammals and birds.
Everyone got stuck into the task – something we haven’t done at Langford before, so a nice change for us all and managed to plant nearly 200m of hedge by the end of the day. A huge effort by everyone, so many thanks!
Kingfisher, green sandpiper and redshank provided the day’s wildlife highlights.
Part of our newly planted hedgerow