Conservation from the ground up
This week we have started work up on the Pewsey Downs as part of a species recovery project creating scrapes and banks on chalk grassland to help provide habitats for a variety of butterflies and insects Pewsey Downs Farmers Group See too our newly foc …
ROBOCUT T500
Our new Roboflail is able to control scrub, weeds and vegetation in a wide range of terrain, with the ability to cut up to 100mm diameter material on slopes up to 50 degrees, safely and efficiently. And below are a couple of banks where we used the ROB …
Dismantle of a multi stem beech tree at Edington which was in decline
We recently felled a multi-stem 20m high beech tree opposite The Three Daggers pub in Edington .The tree was right by the road and was showing signs of dying back. Its position made it unsafe to remain. We were pleased to receive this testimonial from …
Hardwood rustic gates
Something different from the norm: hardwood rustic gates for pedestrian and driveway access for our friends at Windsmere Stone and Granite in Melksham.
Erecting signs at Tidworth
Something different for Tad and Alex for a couple of days in August erecting signs around the CCDA at Tidworth. 17 signs erected around an area on Salisbury Plain to prevent unauthorised access by 4x4s.
Flailing around young trees
Following on from the spraying of the new woodland earlier in the spring, we have now returned to flail off between the planted rows of young trees to further aid their establishment in Year I. We will return to spray out rows shortly with the quad-mou …
Weed Control
Tad has been treating weeds on a few sports pitches this week when the weather has allowed. The quad and sprayer does not leave any tyre marks on those cricket squares. 24th July
Mulching small style with Takeuchi Power
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?
Creation of a wildlife pond last week
Creating a wildlife pond last week – with a slightly more positive outcome than Clarkson’s Farm attempt to rebuild a dam to create a pond! Following the failure of an old dam, Conservation Contractors were asked to replace the failed structure and cl …
Young trees in Hampshire given the best start
Tad’s spraying of young trees now showing up to full effect on a site in Hampshire – the best start they can have. Weed control around newly planted young trees help them survive their first growing season May 2024
Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control
Something a little different today in Aldershot Treatment of oak trees for Oak Processionary Moth control Forestry Commission guidance is that oak trees within 50m of an infestation removed in 2023 should be treated to control any larvae that have hatc …
Conservation Contractors News
Spraying 100,000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire April 2024
Tad has been busy during the settled weather last week spraying over 100, 000 newly planted trees across Wiltshire and Hampshire to control the weeds to ensure they have the best possible start.
60 m of sweet chestnut cleft post and rail
Another 60 m of sweet chestnut cleft post and rail was completed recently in Berkshire. This was part of a larger project with 700m of stock fence and a gate or two.
Timber for processing into firewood
Another load of Ash timber leaving site in the sunshine today. Ash trees from Ash Die Back (ADB) works in Bulford, all going for processing into firewood
Clear a few small trees over a bridleway was the brief !!
Clear a few small trees over a bridleway was the brief !! The trees were suspended over a dead-end bridleway near Market Lavington. There is one covered in Ivy near which has worsened. Alex enjoying some sunshine
30 plus tree guards erected in Longleat
30 plus tree guards were erected in Longleat over the last week to protect young trees from all sorts of wildlife !! I think it is fair to say everyone has had enough of this wet weather now ! To check out all the Tree Services we offer, please follow …
Cleft Sweet Chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes
A couple of jobs this week: A Cleft sweet chestnut fence around a lake near Devizes and a guard rail fence was repaired in Westbury All with no raincoat required !! March 2024 Cleft rail fences, also known as chestnut fences, are constructed using …
Erecting 200 signs
They say a picture is worth “one thousand words”. 200 signs were erected last week; I do not think any explanation is required!