Category: vegetation management
Mark making a start on clearing a steep woodland that has been devastated by Ash Die Back
Mark making a start on clearing a steep woodland that has been devastated by Ash Die Back
We said it was steeper than it looked so someone has come to help.
Not sure what the collective noun is for two Vosch Grapplesaws – a brace perhaps?
Woodland management areas are mulched on a 4-year rotation to help with insect and butterfly habitats
As part of ongoing woodland management areas are mulched on a 4 year rotation to help with insect and butterfly habitats
Right of Way Cutting Back, Pewsey Downs
Right of Way cutting back – the brief was to cut back an overgrown Byway for WCC high up on the Pewsey Downs which had become overgrown and only passable by foot or motorbikes
The flail made short work of the dense thorn.
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Fencing & scrub clearance near Marlborough December 2023
With all posts now in, there’s a suitable point to break for Christmas. a project which has been challenging at times.
A little more scrub to tidy up in 2024 and a few 1000m of netting to pull up.
The Compact Protech post driver is off to pastures new in January, with a new one ready to be collected.
New sign writing not so visible now!
Heavy Mulching on the Mendip Hills
The RoboFlail at work again
The RoboFlail is at work again…
Ben was in Bristol last week trying to avoid general garden rubbish under the brambles whilst clearing a site for Wring Group Ltd.
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Mulching Scrub for the National Trust on Cley Hill, Warminster Oct 2022
Ben has been helping us with his roboflail on Cley Hill this week mulching scrub for the National Trust. It’s a lot steeper than it looks!
We were helping to reduce the areas of scrub and bramble that were starting to get established on the steep areas and smother out the grassland. We spent 2 days mulching agreed areas to let the grass re-establish itself.
Mulching rhododendron in Savernake Forest
Last mulching job for a while clearing 3 ha of Rhododendron in Savernake Forest – with the aid of the digger !
Savernake Forest stands on a chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn with an area of approx 4,500 acres