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An Idiot's guide to Ancient Woodland management


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2 hours ago, porky said:

Interesting thread, thanks for posting. It seems WW11 left it's mark on every woodland.

... Particulary German ones ? yes, that replant for commercial timber was economically needed at that time but as we are wiser now - would be fascinating to see this current work in a hundred yrs time. K

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1 hour ago, petercb said:

Wood is 128 acres in old money. Its in North Bedfordshire, actually two woods but joined together.

Yes we do manage it ourselves though others may disagree! Like you came to woodland mgt later in life.

Just seen your comment ref Badger - similar experience with two youngsters on a beautiful summer evening weeks after buying the wood.

How do you feel about meeting up some day to compare notes. Sounds like we have a fair amount in common.

 

I'd love to see your Wood, and you're not a million miles away.

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Glad to see water / wetland reinstatement. Did an area like that , near Cambridge 5 yrs ago,  was a collapsed shit Hole area, put in bat boxes an removed dangerous trees, all next to a new housing development. Hard winter work but looks fab now. K

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9 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Glad to see water / wetland reinstatement. Did an area like that , near Cambridge 5 yrs ago,  was a collapsed shit Hole area, put in bat boxes an removed dangerous trees, all next to a new housing development. Hard winter work but looks fab now. K

Absolutely.

 

In terms of attracting a variety of wildlife into a woodland there is nothing better than healthy ponds.

 

There are upwards of 30 ponds in the Wood. We have rejuvenated 9 so far.

 

I'll do a post on woodland pond restoration a little later in the thread.

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3 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Ever had an ecological report in the woodland?
(Epic thread btw)
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Cheers Rough Hewn.

 

We have got baselines for the ponds before restoration, monitoring is ongoing on those.

 

This year we have persuaded an ecologist friend to do biological surveys of the whole wood. Plants, Mammals, Insects, Fungi, Extra Terrestrials, the whole shebang.

 

A lot of the rest of this thread will be about ecology so I'll keep you posted. Pun intended.?

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