Fun in the Mud

Monday, January 28th 2019

Work had continued on the wetland today under glorious Yorkshire blue skies.

The dredging has begun, and the diggers were found in the ponds, extracting the overgrown vegetation and rebuilding the banks. It certainly is a muddy job!

Sophie and Elizabeth spent some time down on the wetland to mark out areas of Pillwort in the ponds so that it is isn’t disturbed. While it may only look like some slightly unexciting grass in the pond, Pillwort is a type of creeping fern, and is internationally threatened and only found on a small number of sites across the country. We are lucky to have it here at Foxglove, and we will make sure it is left untouched during the work.

Meanwhile Sean and David were back in the conifer woodland finishing off the Greenworks. With another dozen or so trees to fell and some timber to remove, they are hoping to be finished by the end of this week.  

The ponies enjoyed some hay after a cold night and day out on the Moorland. I’m sure they are glad to be well out of the way of the diggers and tractors!


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