Low impact forestry services in Devon and the South West

[drinksloe]

2 hours ago, the village idiot said:

Thanks Drinksloe,

 

Yes, zone 3 will be cut in stages, 50 or so mtrs at a time to leave some scrub in place at all times. With zone 2 we will alternate sides each cut.

 

I don't plan to plant anything in any of the zones. We should get some interesting wildflowers coming up of their own accord especially if we 'rake' the rides after mowing.

 

I put the Wood into Countryside Stewardship. The ride creation and maintenance is a big part of the agreement. The Wood is pretty big so we get just shy of £10,000 a year for our ride/coppicing/thinning/pond interventions.

 

Apologies for the derail J.

Again spot on to u for doing al that, really interested and intrigued by it, and apologies big J for detail.

Be a bit of work to maintain as well.

I bet these rewilding clowns/conservationists would see ur beautiful wood and think it happened all by accident and not the massive amount of had work that goes into it every year.

 

Does the aspect of rides change? Ie  mainly north to south or east to west or just any direction that suits the trees.

 

Do u undertake any predator control?

Sometimes surprising the impact it can have on biodiversity and populations/breeding success.

I know I used to be more involved with a nature reserve, fantastic habitat but they refuse to control any predators and now struggle to have any successful nests at  all most years. 

To be honest it's a complete waste of time all ur good work is feeding crows and stoats.

[Big J]

No apologies required for the derail. I enjoy the discussion

[the village idiot]

5 minutes ago, drinksloe said:

Again spot on to u for doing al that, really interested and intrigued by it, and apologies big J for detail.

Be a bit of work to maintain as well.

I bet these rewilding clowns/conservationists would see ur beautiful wood and think it happened all by accident and not the massive amount of had work that goes into it every year.

 

Does the aspect of rides change? Ie  mainly north to south or east to west or just any direction that suits the trees.

 

Do u undertake any predator control?

Sometimes surprising the impact it can have on biodiversity and populations/breeding success.

I know I used to be more involved with a nature reserve, fantastic habitat but they refuse to control any predators and now struggle to have any successful nests at  all most years. 

To be honest it's a complete waste of time all ur good work is feeding crows and stoats.

Thanks again Drinksloe, appreciate the interest.

 

Personally I think there is a place in UK forestry for ongoing management, rewilding and 'farmed 'plantations. We just need to be sensible about what we do where.

 

The Wood in the pictures is semi natural ancient Woodland. Usually you would go into a place like this with kid gloves. We are mostly low impact but are not afraid of bringing in the big guns if we deem it necessary and the ground conditions are right. The soil is everything so we are paranoid about rutting.

 

We have rides running in all directions but most are orientated North/South or East/West. We have been roughly following the pre-existing ride network, turning tunnels into wide vibrant coridoors.

 

The only control we do religiously is deer stalking. We like stoats. There is a team of regular stalkers who shoot about 40 deer a year. Without keeping the numbers in balance we would be fooked.

[the village idiot]

If you guys are interested I could start up a thread showing what we get up to day to day? I've got lots of pictures and stuff, plus I think I've taken up enough of J's excellent thread.

 

Chuffed that there is so much interest in Woodland management. It doesn't get an awful lot of airtime.

 

 

[Mesterh]

8 hours ago, the village idiot said:

If you guys are interested I could start up a thread showing what we get up to day to day? I've got lots of pictures and stuff, plus I think I've taken up enough of J's excellent thread.

 

Chuffed that there is so much interest in Woodland management. It doesn't get an awful lot of airtime.

 

 

Sounds like the beginnings of a good thread.

[Rough Hewn]

Yep [emoji106]

[the village idiot]

1 hour ago, Mesterh said:

Sounds like the beginnings of a good thread.

Right you are Mesterh, but if I start being silly it's your job to give me a stern talking to.

[simont]

7 hours ago, the village idiot said:

If you guys are interested I could start up a thread showing what we get up to day to day? I've got lots of pictures and stuff, plus I think I've taken up enough of J's excellent thread.

 

Chuffed that there is so much interest in Woodland management. It doesn't get an awful lot of airtime.

 

 

[Stubby]

8 hours ago, Bolt said:

I must admit I had grave reservations about this thread back on July 31st, but putting that aside, I reckon this is the best Arbtalk mini-series currently.

 

This low impact stuff is great!

 

 

What better than Stihl verses Husky ? ?

[Bolt]

33 minutes ago, Stubby said:

What better than Stihl verses Husky ? 

 

Certainly better than One rope v. Two rope.