Last week the midweek groups again worked at Muiravonside Country Park near falkirk, where we did some clearing of footpaths and the old favourite, cutting and burning Rhododendron, which we did on the both the Wednesday and ...
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Muiravonside Country Park
Mud Glorious Mud
Tuesday 20th JanuaryWe were back at Muiravonside this week,the group was split into two teams to continue cutting down and burning the rhododendron.The fires were quite easy to get going thanks to the skill of our fire genie, ...
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Mud mud glorious mud
On Tuesday we went to Muiravonside where the Stirling group had done a fine job chopping down a lot of rhododendron. Our main task was to get the branches to the fire site and burn them. Sounds simple but it wasn't! We had to ...
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3 weeks in 3 minutes or less
We spent the week of the 18th, 19th and 20th November working on behalf of the CEC Biodiversity Officer to manage and improve the woodland areas on the North Edinburgh Cyclepaths. This meant the removal of sycamore and ash, ...
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Rhododendron city
For the last couple of weeks we have been working at Muiravonside Country Park out in West Lothian. It is a beautiful area, but unfortunately the rhododendron has grown a little out of hand. We were helping Ian the ranger to ...
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