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Don’t forget your pond great for bats etc and source of drinking water use a few land drains to fill 

plant right up to your hedge to break up straight lines then leave management strip 

think about the trees around the field see if you can use them as vistaswill make the woodland seem older quicker if you borrow them

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23 minutes ago, renewablejohn said:

You do appreciate how much you will devalue the property value of your house by planting a woodland. Once planted it will be impossible to remove and revert back to farmland.

It will devalue the property to people that want a small piece of farmland but not to people who want woodland without the work of planting it. Also he may just want to keep it in the family. Do we ever actually own land or just occupy it for a generation or two

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1 hour ago, Oly1 said:

Sadly a pond isn't going to be an option with our soil, unless we were to import a load of clay or plastic line it

Even a couple of cattle troughs buried and filled with water will help.

Always leave a pile of stones of a ramp of some sort to allow creatures to get out once they get in

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9 hours ago, Oly1 said:

Morning All,

 

I was hoping for some woodland planting advice, as our local Wildlife Trust aren't getting back to us, and you guys probably know more anyway!   We have 1.5acres that we have as wildflower hay meadow, but with fewer folk about willing to take the hay I'm thinking about planting it up as a native mixed woodland. We don't put livestock on at all. No deer. Rabbits aren't an issue. 

 

Soil is very fertile, free draining, South Cheshire sandy loam. 

 

Area is 1.5acres. Flat, elevated from surrounding roads and land. Gets plenty of sun except top right (seasonally shaded from neighbouring oak tree to the south) 

 

Constraints:

Underground services at 1.2m deep shown in red and blue

Barn owls nest in a box on our Oak tree shown in yellow

Access is via field gate at the bottom right (south east) on the plan below.

 

Ideally it needs to be locally native, if not UK native, low density enough to not effect the barn owls, roots must avoid the services. Of course...ideally we'd like it to be established (or at least in its way, starting to look like a woodland) within ten years.  The aim of the woodland is purely for our enjoyment and widlife.

 

What species should we be thinking about? Locally we have oak, field maple, birch...although I am unsure whether the second is locally native.

How far from services do we need to keep each type of tree? 

What spacing should we have between trees? 

Do we buy trees already 6ft or higher (pros/cons - will these get established faster but as being older trees are they more susceptible to first year failure)? 

We have about 20 oak saplings 1ft tall from our existing 3 mature oaks. 

Where's good to get trees? We are aware of lots of free trees on offer at the moment, but they are tiny and are wanting high density...so we are thinking we are likely to have to buy trees?

Is it best that we aim for a mixed age woodland that succeeds and develop? (so buy 6ft birch trees, that may establish first, but then taken over by young oaks, etc) 

Are there any other questions we should be asking? 

 

All advice would be greatly appreciated 👍

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Prees Heath Forest Nurseries would be a good bet for all your trees,good plants and service

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