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CONSERVATION REPORT – FEBRUARY 2010
It has been suggested that a monthly report on the progress of nature conservation at the Cemetery would keep all our members both factually informed and satisfied with what we are doing.
Our key achievements since the beginning of 2010 are as follows but in no particular order.
• Removal of the Ash Tree which disturbing one grave while threatening the obelisk in an adjacent grave. • Trimming down the Yew stumps in Plot 1 and the Laurel stumps behind the left hand hedge. • Lowering the height of the left hand hedge to 4 foot in order that the hedge will thicken up. • Disposal of all the waste materials from the above tasks – most of the timber is being taken by people with wood burners while all the brash is burned at the bottom of the Cemetery. • Removal of the scrub behind the right hand hedge.
Our next tasks are as follows. Please note all future work is discussed beforehand and due note is taken of the Cemetery's wildlife.
• Priority task is to bring the height of the right hand hedge down to the same height as the left hand hedge. • Next priority will be to remove a scrubby tree from the environs of the James Cribb grave (first burial in the cemetery). • Both the above ideally need to be done before mid March which is the official start of the bird-nesting season. • From hereon we will be observing a softly, softly approach to our work. Any tree or shrub removals will be accompanied with an inspection beforehand to check that there are no bird's nests present. • We will be disposing of as much of the resultant brash from the above tasks as possible before we do any more work. • Spring and early Summer jobs will be additional tidying in and around Plot 1, some branch removal from trees near the left hand wall, disposals as necessary, and surveys of Plots 2 & 3 in order to produce a coherent, agreed plan of action for later in the year. • Please note that if you see piles of brash in and around the areas in which we are working they will be there because we've not yet gotten around disposing of the brash. Richard Day |
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| We've been building up the team of volunteers and now have around 15 people. I am normally in the Cemetery every Saturday morning at 9.30 and we usually get at least five or six other volunteers attending each week. A point to make here is that although I work every Saturday, I'm not expecting other volunteers to come as often. Whether you want to come along and join in the camaraderie weekly, fortnightly, monthly - or just occasionally - you are always very welcome. | ||||||||||||||
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