Posted in Coppicing, Woodland management, tagged New Moss Wood, Woodland Trust on February 17, 2019|
Today we were at New Moss Wood, a Woodland Trust site. This is a native woodland, planted about twenty years ago. Alongside our woodland management tasks, we were pleased to find and learn a bit about the scarlet elf cup fungus (Sarcoscypha cocinea) – the red of which stood out beautifully against the green of the moss.
Posted in Woodland management, tagged New Moss Wood, Woodland Trust on March 8, 2015|
Today several volunteers (and a labradoodle, who found lots of sticks) worked at New Moss Wood on behalf of the Woodland Trust. New Moss Wood is a native woodland, planted about sixteen years ago and part of the Red Rose Forest, and as the woodland develops ongoing work is needed to thin the trees and maintain some of the open spaces and paths. Those out today braved non-stop rain through the morning but were rewarded with clearing skies and spring sunshine by soon after lunch!
Posted in Ponds and lakes, Woodland management, tagged Chorlton Water Park, Friends of Chorlton Meadows, Mersey Valley, New Moss Wood, Woodland Trust on January 4, 2015|
So, we finished 2014 with an event at Chorlton Ees on 23rd November: working with the Friends of Chorlton Meadows, we removed trees and scrub to the south of one of the ponds to allow more light in. Then on 7th December we were at New Moss Wood, which is one of the Woodland Trust’s sites and a new one for us. We carried out some coppicing and thinning at this relatively young woodland. It was a day of mixed weather (mostly wintry brightness but lunch in hail!) so we were glad afterwards to get into the dry for our annual seasonal get-together with mulled wine, mince pies and the like!
Now we’re into 2015, and we’ll be swinging into action next Sunday (11th January) at Chorlton Water Park, when we’ll be helping with some management of the willow groynes around the lake, which are important in protecting
the lake banks from erosion and providing a valuable wildlife habitat. New volunteers are welcome to join us!
SMCV 