Thursday 20th November

HAdrian called in to say all animals looking good and water was a little icy but cows had broken through.

I was also on site carrying out some cut and collecting with the tractor along the paths, education area and the set aside.

By cutting and collecting the material we are removing nutrition and thatch from the meadows which will be favourable to wild flowers the following year. It also helped to knock back brambles and clematis which was starting to swamp some areas. The collections were bundled in various areas and are big compost heaps which could be beneficial to invertebrates and reptiles.

I cut around the education area as we intens to install some electric fencing and move through cows over there for a short duration. It would be favourable to have that area lightly grazed from please to year.

Thanks all for your support,

Sam