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A future for nature?

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July 21, 2014

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Surrey dog walkers urged to help protect bird nests in heathland - BBC News
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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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Thursday 5th March 2026 - It was a gloriously sunny Spring day for todays assembly of a team plying their trade at Roundshaw Downs.

Working in the South-East corner of the Southern cattle paddock, Bramble clearance was the main thrust of the days work as the team pushed back restrictive swathes of their prickly foe to allow the cattle greater access to narrow areas and to hopefully wake any
dormant seed resting in the soil below.
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Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - A bright Spring day saw the team supplemented by a new volunteer and a work experience student as they carried out more works on the Western half of Roundshaw Woods.

Another day of vegetation control measures saw the first half of the day devoted to a synchronised pushing back of Snowberry in the Northern boundary, a few of the team lopping off the mass of six foot stems before the brigade with the poppers followed up by removing the residual stumps.

Moving along to the North-West corner in the afternoon, as brushcutting to Bramble a raking up of fallen leaf litter to the pathways got underway, the rest of the team began thinning out self seeded Ash and Sycamore with a more concentrated attack on Holly which was starting to make a shadowing screen to the inner woods.
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Thursday 26th February 2026 - A dingy looking day awaited the band of volunteers as they headed to Roundshaw Downs for todays activities.

Assembling outside the South-East corner of the cattle paddocks, Bramble control took centre stage on the mission as the team used the combined power of the Brushcutter and Loppers to pushback the dense buildup that has swamped the fencing in that corner.

With the bulk removed the team could then turn attention to adjacent walkways, opening up narrowing pinch-points for visitors and a minor spot of felling to near horizontal Blackthorn growth exposed after last years Bramble clearance.
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Tuesday 24th February 2026 - Spring appeared to be breaking on todays bright and tepidly warm activities taking place at the Western portion of Roundshaw Woods.

With the volunteers dividing up another batch of Tree whip planting to counter the losses of mature Trees was the order of the day for the roaming team whilst the more stationary contingent got to grips with the persistent problem of Snowberry dominance by popping and lopping.
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