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Willow and snow at Tittesworth

February 4, 2019 by Julian

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
Our hedge from October
Volunteers at work - coppicing willow
Volunteers at work – coppicing willow
Coppicing willow
Coppicing willow
Tittesworth Reservoir by night
Tittesworth Reservoir by night
Extending our October hedge - getting started
Extending our October hedge – getting started
Laying of willow in progress
Laying of willow in progress
Volunteers hedging
Volunteers hedging
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
Volunteers at work on willow barrier
The extended hedge
The extended hedge

Update, May 2019: Back in the area for another weekend, we were pleased to see our hedge thriving and sprouting well!

Our previous hedge
Sprouting on our previously laid hedge
Sprouting on our previously laid hedge
Sprouting on our previously laid hedge

 

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Posted in Coppicing, Hedgelaying, Ponds and lakes, Residential weekends, Willow structures | Tagged Peak Park Conservation Volunteers | 3 Comments

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  1. on February 4, 2019 at 9:45 pm Willow hedge and willow tits | SACV

    […] Update, February 2019: we returned to our willow hedge during our first weekend away of 2019, and extended it further along the shore. […]


  2. on May 27, 2019 at 1:05 pm Replacing a boardwalk | SACV

    […] We also had a chance to check on the progress of the hedge we worked on this past February and last October, and were pleased to see it’s doing well!  See updated pictures here. […]


  3. on September 29, 2019 at 7:39 pm Shoreline hedges at Tittesworth | SACV

    […] Reservoir, and were pleased to see that the lakeside hedge we worked on last October and again in the January snow is well established and providing effective protection of the shore. In a hot and sunny late summer […]



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