09/10/2008
WCP volunteering day 62, Brushcutting with Rodney and Richard in the RSPB schools area
This area is fenced to prevent intrusion by dogs and damage by walkers
It has two habitat types - meadow and young mixed deciduous woodland
The trees are tidied with loppers to make safer places for children to walk. The meadow is strimmed and raked to allow less competitive species to develop. This is the equivalent of grazing, but without the added nutrients from animal droppings and supplementary feeding.