Look what Mark found while clearing. Ash trees last week
(Feb 2026)
Charlie with the RoboFlail is busy this week, clearing scrubby banks near Castle Combe as part of a grassland restoration project.


Here, the video shows the Valtra 121 is fitted with a cut and collect flail to clear 5-year old scrub regrowth to help the chalk grassland and nearby Juniper. The site was cleared 5 years ago. The ability of the machine to collect the cut materials prevents the nutrient level from being raised in the soil. This helps with chalk grassland and wildflowers as they prefer a low level of soil fertility to prevent being outcompeted by other species.
And the pics show Toby out on the cut and collect flail clearing scrub as part of chalk grassland management
Erecting a new fence? First, you need to find the one you are replacing…. (happily made easy with the RoboFlail!) (pic 1)
And the RoboFlail out and about in Cheltenham at the end of September. (pics 2 & 3)
And if you thought we had pensioned off our other mulching machinery, see our ‘proper’ Seppi mulcher out mid-August, clearing an area for ground investigation (no sound with this video)
For other examples of our scrub control/mulching work, please see here
The RoboFlail clearing paths alongside the River Test
Our project here on this world-famous chalk stream was to clear the paths alongside the riverside for access and for fishermen.
From Wiki: “The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire. Much of the Test is a 438-hectare (1,080-acre) biological SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][3] The river is used for fly fishing for trout from its source to its tidal limit”
Tidy Friday: mulching an area next to a security fence near Larkhill. Our Robo Flails are great, but the Seppi Mulcher is better here and deals with heavy and dense vegetation with ease.
An older but very efficient workhorse in our fleet, and built to last.