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Thursday 10th October - It was a small but perfectly formed team who assembled for today's multiple tasks. First it was off to Beddington Park, to finish off Tuesday's green haying. Then to see how the professionals do things, it was a short minibus drive to Roundshaw Downs, to see the arrival of this year’s herd of Sussex Cattle as their start their seasonal job of assisting in the improvement of the largest piece of chalk grassland in Sutton. After lunch we headed to Sutton Common, a smaller and still embryonic piece of meadow in the making. Having recently secured some funding, the team were able to make the initial steps to changing the characteristics of the dominant plant species through a combination of management techniques.
Surrey dog walkers urged to help protect bird nests in heathland
Dog walkers in Horsell Common and Thames Basin Heaths are warned about the impact on breeding birds.
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