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Reed beds at Chorlton Water Park

September 29, 2014 by Julian

Yesterday was a surprisingly hot late September day – a great day for some of us to be out in Chorlton Water Park!  Trees have been encroaching into the reed bed at one end of the lake, to the detriment of this valuable wildlife habitat.  Our task for the day was therefore to clear some of these and prevent the degeneration of the reed bed.  A job well done – and we’ll be back here in January to work on some of the willow groynes, which are beneficial in protecting the lake banks from erosion and also provide an important habitat.

Clearing encroaching trees from the reed bed
Clearing encroaching trees from the reed bed
Volunteer at work in the reed beds
Volunteer at work in the reed beds
Volunteer at work
Volunteer at work
Reviewing the cleared reed bed
Reviewing the cleared reed bed
The reed bed cleared of trees
The reed bed cleared of trees

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