Today I joined the Natural England Shapwick volunteers for their weekly work party, helping to restore a patch of the rare habitat of lowland mire, a Biodiversity Action Plan habitat. The patch we were working on has fallen into a bad state since drainage from nearby agricultural land had caused it to dry out, allowing gorse scrub to take over. The gorse had been cut earlier in the winter, and our task today was to burn the cut material. It is hoped that once all the scrub has been removed from the site, a grazing regime involving Highland Cattle and Bagot Goats (a rare breed) will control scrub encroachment and allow rare plants to flourish.
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| Conservation in Action! |
Here's a few wildlife photos from the last few days. It's a strange time on the Avalon Marshes at the moment, a few summer migrants are arriving, and our winter visitors are slowly moving off, but nothing is really keen to move in big numbers because of the cold weather. Hopefully the next few days and weeks should see some big changes in the species of birds we're seeing.
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| Little Egret |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| 5 Great White and 1 Little Egret |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Still singing- Pied Billed Grebe |
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| Roe Deer enjoying the morning sunshine |
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| Wigeon- numbers starting to drop as they head North |
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