Busy keeping trim

Earlier this week we were both pleased to pass our Lantra Trimmer and Brushcutter training course at TKF near Holmfirth.

We'll soon be putting our newfound skills to good use, undertaking some habitat management on two local wildlife sites on behalf of the Garganey Trust. Both sites are predominantly grassland/wildflower meadows which haven't been actively managed or in cultivation for many years. We'll be posting more about this work in the next few weeks when we get started.



Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae). One of hundreds enjoying the sunshine at Denby Delf.

 

On the ecology front we've been undertaking a lot of water vole surveys recently which are yielding some very positive results;



These water voles made good use of a piece of polystyrene which had blown into their ditch!

The surveys are part of a monitoring program following ditch management works and the results of our surveys will be used to assess whether the works have benefitted water vole in these previously unmanaged ditches.