Hey everyone,
Since my last post we have been pretty busy on the Fen,
Last week Lois our Community Officer and I visited Waterbeach Primary School. We spent the day helping with the planting of a community orchard in the school grounds with parent volunteers, and improving the wildlife area with the help of some year 6 students. We got the seal of approval from the kids who said "it was better than working in class!"
I also went to the National Trust's Regional Spring conference last week, which was a great opportunity to see how other properties in the region are doing, and what projects they are up to, a highlight was a slideshow showing these projects: featuring our Vision Warden John with our shiny new tractor!
This week we have been repairing woodpecker holes in the Old Tower hide, and doing some tree work!
The wildlife highlight of the week definitely came on Wednesday, when I saw a Marsh Harrier go for a coot out of Brett's hide, luckily for the Coot it escaped!
Jack.
Thursday 24 February 2011
Saturday 12 February 2011
A Quick Update!
Hey everyone,
It's been a while since my last post so here’s an update on life at the fen!
We've been doing some tree work up at the plantation, the aim of this work was to break up the age structure of the trees and provide a greater variety of habitat. This should benefit the birds and the butterflies up there.
We also had to remove a large tree near the lode bank this week as it was showing signs of weakness at the base of its stem; this was a great chance for me to drive our shiny new tractor! As we dragged the felled tree up towards the new wind pump where it has been reused as a fence!
I've also been taking measurements and samples from the dip wells across the reserve, which is part of a study into the reserves water chemistry! This provides useful information on the processes occurring at Wicken.
More later in the week,
Jack
It's been a while since my last post so here’s an update on life at the fen!
We've been doing some tree work up at the plantation, the aim of this work was to break up the age structure of the trees and provide a greater variety of habitat. This should benefit the birds and the butterflies up there.
We also had to remove a large tree near the lode bank this week as it was showing signs of weakness at the base of its stem; this was a great chance for me to drive our shiny new tractor! As we dragged the felled tree up towards the new wind pump where it has been reused as a fence!
I've also been taking measurements and samples from the dip wells across the reserve, which is part of a study into the reserves water chemistry! This provides useful information on the processes occurring at Wicken.
More later in the week,
Jack
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