Transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once
Meet our new small but handy fencing trailer for transporting and unrolling several strands of barbed wire at once, saving time and energy. There’s also room for tools and all the bits and bobs you need for fencing. It is a one-off bespoke fencing tr …
Drone footage of the solar farm project near Melksham
This drone footage follows on from the earlier posts by Tristan and Toby, who have been fencing on the Solar Farm Project site in Melksham over the past few months.We were tasked with erecting 13,000m of fencing around 16 separate compartments. The sit …
Team outing to Thruxton Karting in June
This was our work’s go-kart racing outing for the morning at Thruxton last month. It turns out that being small and light is a distinct advantage! It was great fun and much harder work than it looks. We now all appreciate far more the skill and stamin …
Another 800m stock netting fencing completed today
We completed a further 800m of stock netting fencing, along with gates, just outside Devizes along the famous Wansdyke in Wiltshire to protect it from damage by cattle. Well done Toby, Ian, George and Brian “This 5th or 6th Century defensive ditch and …
Closing the gate on another few thousand metres of stock fence near Devizes
Here we’re closing the gate on 1,700 metres of stock fence near Coate, with gates and kissing gates for access and creosote-treated timber for durability. Not much fun in the sun with those posts! All undertaken using our Protech Evo 3. Great job by To …
Biodiversity Net Gain – installing rabbit fencing
Installing rabbit fencing to protect a young hedge near Ramsbury This bank does not look steep in the pictures, but Alex and Tristan will tell you otherwise! We used our Protech Evo3* for this project, given the steep ground. Our Evo Compact would not …
Scrub Clearance with the RoboFlail
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 …
Beech timber off for logs
Beech timber off for logs A few hundred tons of soft and hardwood timber on the move, having been waiting onsite to be moved from a tree removal project earlier in the year. It’s not quite a full load, but the site is now clear and tidy. PS: The tim …
Trees and Team
A framework pollard of a small willow tree A framework pollard (removing all smaller limbs back to main limbs, leaving the tree to regrow looking like a set of deer antlers when completed) of a small willow tree was undertaken this week by Josh Bird …
Summer Update
Read our latest newsletter here The weather-related theme seems to prevail from the last newsletter – hot and dry with poor growing conditions impacting everything from young trees to arable and grass crops. The hotter weather has been hard work to say …
Cut and collect flail May 2025
The cut and collect flail has been out today on the chalk grassland project. The work was carried out on the edge of Salisbury Plain SSSI on a small area of approx. 2 Ha – the ground was quite undulating, however !!
Ash tree trimming back
Trimming back some not-too-unhealthy ash trees over a neighbouring garden this week in Bishops Cannings near Devizes. It seemed a shame to remove the ash trees just yet. The Spider MEWP is proving its worth, being able to access a rear garden through a …
Aerial rigging
Felix undertaking some aerial rigging this week
No dig fence posts to complete the Solar Farm project
Tristan and Toby have now finished the 13000 m of fence around the Solar Farm project. Something different to finish: no dig fence posts to carry the fence over archaeology Great job
Wick Farm Solar Park – 13000m of deer netting R13/192/15
We were part of a case study by Tornado Wire Efficient Fencing Installation with Tornado Products! Conservation Contractors in Wiltshire recently completed a project at Wick Farm Solar Park installing 13000m of deer netting, using a Solonet wire unrol …
New Hybrid Hilux
Yesterday’s post was about the oldest machine on the fleet which was built 40 years ago this year and is still going strong… This is the latest Hybrid Hilux to join the fleet this week; this makes no 6 ! Not sure it will still be here in 2065! …
Sweet chestnut picket fence with bespoke handmade gate
Sweet chestnut picket fence with bespoke handmade gate Something slightly different last week – we erected a sweet chestnut picket fence with bespoke handmade gate by Pycox Forge, who have recently relocated to the Harts Barn Craft Centre, Longhope GL …
Mercedes MB 1000 tractor rebuild
Update on the MB tractor rebuild – our oldest machine in the fleet! This is our MB 1000 tractor made by Mercedes-Benz, but it has long since been discontinued.It’s getting rarer as time goes by – more of a family heirloom really, and doesn’t go o …
Runway clearing at Lee-on-Solent
Runway clearing at Lee-on-Solent Early start for Tad this week to get weeds treated at Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire before the runway opens. Nice visit from an iconic bird! Part of a Victory Festival & Air Display at featuring vintage aircraft, a …
800m stock netting erected for Wessex Water
800m stock netting 11th April 2025 800m of stock netting erected last week for Wessex Water to allow a water main replacement near Bath, the iconic water tower just visible in the background