We've been working at The Slipe, Warden Hill (Luton) laying a hedge on and off in the last month. We have 540 metres of hedge to lay!The Green Corridors project is funded by Luton Borough Council and Chalk Arc and includes ...
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Slow Worms
900 slow worms were relocated last year to a Wildlife Trust site and 100 to Dallow Downs in Luton. The local Wildlife Trust conducted a survey here and found that some had survived the winter. It was decided they could do ...
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Carbon Army
Growing your own food at home or down at the allotment helps reduce food miles. By this, we mean the miles travelled by food from the field via the shops and then onto your plate. This travelling requires vehicles & the ...
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Ratty!
As the wind was blowing through the willows yesterday (22/03/10) at Cowslip Meadow, a small mammal was spotted by John and Katherine. Was it a rat or a water vole? I was called in to adjudicate and as I once helped release ...
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Emberton Country Park
One of the things (amongst many) BTCV volunteers can do is construct decking. Here, you can see volunteers constructing the frame for an area of decking adjacent to the (currently under rennovation) visitor centre at Emberton ...
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Coppicing
We are limited to other types of work during the spring/summer due to nesting birds, hence coppicing is a traditional winter task.Above: In this conservation area near Milton Keynes, we coppiced an area of willow. This will ...
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Join the Carbon Army
BTCV have today launched their pledge to carry out 3000 days of practical action to help tackle climate change (one day for each of 3000 delegates attending the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, December).Visit ...
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Hedgelaying in the Marston Vale I
From Friday 13th November, volunteers from all over the country joined local residential leaders on a Natural Break. Basically, they paid for their food and accomodation, stayed the weekend and did some hedgelaying for us. ...
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Well, sometimes I get them to work!
I'm not such a softie that I let the volunteers sit around not doing anything all day! I work them hard!Above: Scrub clearance at Warden Hill SSSI. This site is good for wildflowers & grasses that like nutrient poor ...
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Well, sometimes I let them rest!
I'm not such a bad person that I don't let the volunteers sit down for a while, from time to time, for a breather and to refuel.Above: Karl taking life horizontally, John A with his lunch, and Bill showing us how white his ...
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