Narrows Wood

The Latest  Brief  News Updates !  November 19th 2022 Our new trees arrived today 100 Norway Spruce & 25 Hazel. Have bagged up the spruce in bundles of 25 to make it easier to handle for planting out. The hazel will be the first to plant as our priority to plant new Coppice around the woodland. Planting out will take Us around 3 days work. News Update October 31st This we are planting a few more trees filling in the odd gaps where we have lost Trees from Last years Planting. At the end of October I started the years tree planting with some Basket Willow Cuttings. The willow will help create the lower woodland bank Hedgerow along the Brookside. I have planted 47 along the Brookside filing the gaps with the previous years Hedgerow planting. It is hoped that the willow will provide habitat for the wildlife & in the winter months provide Us with willow Stems to coppice for Basket Weaving. As we ordered 50 Cuttings the other 3 were planted on the Field side of the track to fill gaps

  Reptiles & Amphibians Project 2023 Above a  Hibernaculum built by the RSPB from plastic pipes In the 2023/2025 we are planning to start work on a new project. Providing habitat & hibernation areas for Reptiles &  Amphibians. 26/06/23 Reptile Refugia We have Ordered 3 Reptile Refugia to start surveying reptiles on site and provide them with shelter. The Refugia will be placed around the site to establish what Reptiles are in the Woodland. If they are successful we may add more.   With the excellent advice from Frogslife   on Surveying Reptiles.  We will be Using there two methods Walkabout Search & Refugia Search. We plan to Survey our site about 7 -8 times a year between march & September. Spring Surveys Survey 1 will take place sometime in middle of March Survey 2 will take place sometime in the beginning April Survey 3 will take place sometime in late April Survey 4 will take place sometime in early May Survey 5 will take place sometime in late May Summer Survey