Hi Its been a busy few weeks on Odiham Common whilst the rain holds off. This week contractors have been using a forestry flail to cut patches of blackthorn scrub on the southern meadows.
These areas have been flattened by snow falls in recent years and spread out into the meadows. Part of the Higher level stewardship agreement with Natural England is to increase the meadow areas which this work will do. Any debris left on the ground will be cleared with an excavator in the next couple of weeks to allow grasses and flowers in the seed bank underneath to germinate over time. Whilst it may look a bit of a mess just now it will look great by the end of summer.
With the help of students from Lords Wandsworth College on Friday afternoons the Ranger team and apprentices have been busy at the north end of the common cutting an area of coppice. This is a really important habitat in the woodland. This area was last cut nearly ten years ago.
Watch out spring is well and truly on the way. Enjoy the great outdoors.
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