This past weekend was our third and final residential weekend of 2019, again with the Peak Park Conservation Volunteers. We were back on the shores of Tittesworth 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 day we did further work on the hedge to keep its rampant growth under control and to extend it further along the water.
Previously laid hedge, with new growth
Starting work
Canine volunteer digging
Work in progress
Canine volunteer resting
Work in progress
Work in progress
Work in progress
Dog and laid hedge
Laid hedge
Sunday was a greyer, wetter day but nonetheless we made good progress with a new stretch of hedge in a different location, opening up views of the lake while also protecting the shore and enhancing the wildlife habitat.
An excellent weekend all round!
Arriving at Sunday’s task
Work in progress
Volunteers at work
The opened hedge
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