For our first weekend away of 2019 we were treated to a a beautiful sunny and snowy landscape on the edge of Tittesworth Reservoir! Working with the Peak Park Conservation Volunteers, on Saturday we were coppicing willow in an area being managed as an important habitat for willow tit. Then, on Sunday, we returned to the willow hedge that we began in October 2018, and extended it further along the shore. This barrier, created by a combination of dead hedging and the laying of living willow, is to discourage disturbance by walkers and dogs of an area of the shore important for ground-nesting birds.
Our hedge from October
Volunteers at work – coppicing willow
Coppicing willow
Tittesworth Reservoir by night
Extending our October hedge – getting started
Laying of willow in progress
Volunteers hedging
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
The extended hedge
Update, May 2019: Back in the area for another weekend, we were pleased to see our hedge thriving and sprouting well!
Sprouting on our previously laid hedge
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