On
Monday a group of Countryside Management students started putting their
woodland habitat management skills to good use. The group travelled down to Hardwick’s
Wood and started work on a coppice coupe. The coppicing work will help promote
the regrowth of hazel and ash trees that grow freely on the site. It should
also encourage the natural regeneration of woodland ground flora which could
improve the visual beauty of the site and also the wildlife value.
To
ensure a valuable habitat for small mammals and invertebrates was retained the
students also started to construct a deadheaded around the coupe. This task was
a great example of team work with the whole group involved in the different stages
of the task. As quickly as Terry could put points on the end of the posts Josh
and Joe were driving them into the ground. With the rest of the group back
filling the hedge with the waste material that was being cut down the dead hedge
quickly took shape.
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