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Werndryd reserve at Franksbridge, well the Tuesday Volunteer Group has finished two sessions at this small but pretty wetland site. Jobs this year included cutting and raking off selected patches of grassland, willow and blackthorn coppicing and burning, pond cleaning and timber removal. Many thanks to all who helped, onward to Burfa Bog!
REMOVING SITKA SPRUCE
It has been a busy few days up at the farm, the plantation of conifers behind the Nature Discovery Centre have been felled. A ring count from one of the stumps indicated an age of just over fifty years. The work, part of a Better Woodlands For Wales grant, was carried out by a local contractor Ian Sheffner and members of staff. Some of the logs will hopefully be processed into boards and rails for use on the reserves and the rest for firewood. That should keep the Longhouse warm next Winter!
Today a female cuckoo gave out her liquid bubbling call from a tree in the picnic area and was quickly joined by two males. All three flew into the oakwood.
Our first redstarts showed up today, now it really feels that spring has arrived. A pair of grey wagtails were checking out nest sites on the Marteg and just over a week ago the dippers were dry lining their very wet looking nest on the river bank. I suspect they're now incubating eggs.
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