Pictures

[Hobby_Woodsman]

If they attach, a couple of shots of the woods in question.

 

I know a few of you have asked for a few pics. I've stitched together, badly, a couple of shots of the area to give an idea of my little project.

 

One View point is the western end of the wood...the other view shows the eastern end which is fairly dominated by the standing water.

 

Not sure how deep the water is; being an ex-sand pit it could be inches of water and feet of rotting leaf and silt. I'm not intending to find out. BUT may have a session with a large water pump at the end of the summer...

 

I don't want to be responsible for stressing the trees that remain by taking the water level low at the start of the growing season. A brief draw down to clear out the fallen trees that cross the water and build a 'rustic' spill way is all I think I need to do.

 

After all the recent rain I was expecting it to be considerably wetter.

 

It's VERY soft under foot in many areas which has seen a good few of the over-stood silver birch suffer over the winter.

 

There are another 6 or seven fallers and a couple of hung up birches in the branches of nearby trees. Which will pre-dispose them into becoming unstable in the wet ground.