A County Wildlife Site at Thurleigh Airfield needed some scrub removal to help the grassland recover, thus protecting the habitat for wildflowers such as wild orchids. The worst winter in Bedfordshire for years didn't stop ...
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Marston Moretaine Sports Field
120 metres of hedgelaying at Marston Moretaine Sports Field was completed in January. Above: A close up view along the line of the hedge Above: Some of the pleachers are visible in this photograph. Above: Ash trees have been ...
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New Bradwell Park Part 1
In New Bradwell Park, Milton Keynes, the Weekday Conservation Team were there to construct a fence around a small orchard & willow coppice.Above: Next to where we were constructing the fence, there was a basketball court. ...
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The Hanson Environmental Education Centre
Milton Keynes County Council asked the BTCV Bedfordshire Weekday Conservation Team to create a raised pond for them.Above: After digging the footings in, John fills the gaps with leftover turf and soil.Above: We use sand for ...
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The Big Tidy Up
On 11th December 2008, the BTCV Weekday Conservation Team in Bedfordshire went to Dallow Downs in Luton for two reasons. Firstly, to carry out some scrub clearance & help restore grassland & wildflowers to the area, ...
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Hexton Chalk Pits
Hexton Chalk Pits is a small unimproved grassland site (good for wildflowers) just over the border in Hertfordshire. The views on this site are stunning.Above: I was hoping to see a red kite but got this flying hunk of metal ...
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Flitton Moor
Flitton Moor is a site that the Weekday Conservation Team visits a couple of times each winter to help out with the ongoing management by the 'friends of' group.On the first of December 2008, the WCT carried out several ...
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Marston Moretaine Sports Field
As part of improvements to the area for safety (the public will be able to see over the hedge), BTCV have been asked to lay a hawthorn hedge between the Sports field and Bedford Road in Marston Moretaine. Please see earlier ...
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BTCV England Directors on project
On Wednesday 19th November, BTCV England Directors (Neil Canham, Sasha Newman, Kate Mackenzie, Kevin Jones, Mark Gibson and Tony Newby) came to Marston Moretaine Sports Field to help with a hedgelaying project. Working as a ...
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Leighton Buzzard Narrow Guage Railway
Our work on Monday 10th November got some local press http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&refresh=dE05K19g0kY2&PBID=45e6ca32-5ad8-40bd-8a24-b63d3bff3bd5&skip= (see page 9).An ...
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