In May, the volunteer group took a break from birch pulling to go on a 'field trip' to KWT Fackenden Down, a chalk grassland, where we looked for wildflowers, and tried out netting and ID'ing butterflies.
In May, the volunteer group took a break from birch pulling to go on a 'field trip' to KWT Fackenden Down, a chalk grassland, where we looked for wildflowers, and tried out netting and ID'ing butterflies.
On one of our recent task days, we set out to look for potential ancient or veteran trees on our site Bitchet Common, after we had a useful veteran tree training course from tree expert, Neil Coombs. Measuring the girth of a tree trunk help us gauge age.
A bonfire is always a perk of winter task days, and helpfully gets rid of rhododendron cuttings.
Enjoying a snowy walk across the Commons near Knole, in March.
A pre-Christmas wintery coffee break, after tackling birch and rhododendron at Crockham Hill Common.
Asked to picture an ancient woodland, our minds conjure thickets of gnarled, towering trees where you could easily slip off the path and find yourself amongst the fellowship on the way to Mordor or perhaps come face to face with a witch. The truth is,…
Wetland at Sandwich and Pegwell Bay, photo by Vicky Aitkenhead
