COVID-19 precautions mean we haven’t been able to have our usual volunteer working parties on the Meadows. Fortunately we’ve been able to call on some mechanical assistance.

 

 

 

In the copse, strimmers have helped to clear the nettles, brambles and other creepers that we’d normally pull by hand. This gives the less vigorous plants, and the trees, more of a chance!

 

 

 

And in the pond the “doughnuts”, which were delivered just before lockdown and left floating in the corner, have now been moved to their proper location on the south bank, flipped on their sides, and secured. Here they’ll stabilise the bank, create a range of habitats along the water’s edge and improve biodiversity. Thanks to Welsh Water for the grant that funded this work.