I've hi-jacked the blog from the volunteers this afternoon to report on a visit to Upton Warren this morning.
It was a dreary morning at The Moors for our visit but there were plenty of birds
around; we even caught sight of two roe deer moving through the long
reeds (pity I didn't have my camera ready). Alan Shepherd recollected how he had seen harvest mice around The
North Moors pool.
The reserve is more saturated than I have ever seen it.
This week the Upton Warren volunteers have been coppicing and removing
scrub from the edges of the reedbed around the main Moors pool. Without their
work the reedbed would diminish in size. Bitterns should benefit from this too.
Some of the trees next to the reedbed have also been coppiced
or felled to encourage the growth of scrub in the right place. Scrub
has a tendency to grow in the wrong place, smothering open habitats such as
reedbeds, marsh and meadow. This felling work should allow light in to
encourage it to grow where we want it to.
Andy, Conservation Officer - Central Reserves
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