Clearing & Burning Specimen Thorns

[Buzzsurgeon]

Just a few pics of a scrub clearing job completed this week, good fun but seemed a shame to fell these big thorns, that's Natural England for you!

[Stephen Blair]

wow, what a job. great views and a bonny. sweet.

[Johny Walker]

so why were they felled ,you raper of the fine english country side:lol:

[Buzzsurgeon]

so why were they felled ,you raper of the fine english country side:lol:

 

English Nature Spec, something to do with thorn scrub destroying the habitat for rare plants exclusive to chalk grassland.

[slasherscot]

English Nature Spec, something to do with thorn scrub destroying the habitat for rare plants exclusive to chalk grassland.

 

looks like a blanket cover, i c 3 per square hectare, they come up with some specials.. farmers are getting paid to let their horn hedges grow tall for bird habitat....what an eyeshore they are......

 

nice job though n nice day watch the punctures though

[Johny Walker]

English Nature Spec, something to do with thorn scrub destroying the habitat for rare plants exclusive to chalk grassland.

 

please dont read this the wrong way, but looking @ the pics of the land there wasnt that many h/thorns any way & arnt h/thorne good for birrd habitat etc & burning just induces nettles :confused1: & as for h/thorne hedge rows have some folk sat & watched the wild life that lives in them

[Buzz]

It'll be the self seeded re-gen they are keen to prevent. Sheep won't graze off the saplings, their pretty hardy little things.

[18 stoner]

Whereabouts was that?

 

Did you manage to get any logs out of the stems, must be some of the best firewood going?

[Big 'Ammer]

Looks a nice job Brett.

 

Where is it on the Wolds?

 

I'd like to be stood at the bottom shooting pheasants!

[Buzzsurgeon]

The plan is to stop further encroachment of scrub shading out the grassland, but I agree scrub in it's own right is a fantastic habitat, finding the balance is the key, but not for me to decide, I just do the cutting. We only had one fire site on a 1 ha site so nettle growth will be negligible

Just near Millington on the Yorkshire Wolds, did consider cutting out the firewood but not really economical to do on this job and wanted to beat the weather. Got two more dales to clear this winter but the thorn is smaller more scrub like.