Tuesday 8th July 2025 - The overnight showers had completely dried out on the vegetation as the volunteers and one student on work experience descended on Cuddington Meadows.
With strong but not burning hot sunshine, the sizeable team divided up and spread over the site. As one half of the squad got to grips with the condition assessments and phase 1 surveys the other division set about minor vegetation control activities, dead heading Hog Weed, snipping out nets of Bramble and Clematis which deter Cattle from completing a full grazing when on site and plucking out Ragwort in early preparation of their arrival later in the year.
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Thursday 3rd July 2025 - A more tolerably hot day was on offer for the band of volunteers as they set about the days work at Belmont Pastures.
As two sets of surveys (the phase 1 survey and the random stops of the condition assessment) got underway on the two distinct areas of the site the remaining force of the team set about enacting a touch of light vegetation control tackling path edge regrowth as well as seeking out and dead heading undesirable species from the grasslands before they have time to shed seeds.
Tuesday 1st July 2025 - A baking hot day necessitated ample areas of usable shade so the volunteers, being joined by a work experience student took that needed refuge at Wellfield North.
With the first division of the team heading out into the grassland to complete the random stops of the condition survey and then the phase 1 assessment the more action orientated team set about pushing back Brambles, Nettles and rank grasses from the lengthy Northern fence-line.
After the surveys were done the two divisions re-united on the open grassland for an hour or so's weeding out of tree regrowth, Ragwort pulling and perhaps most importantly clematis reduction which has deterred the Sheep grazing in specific areas. With unrestricted spaces to graze, the Sheep should be able to transport the decent array of Wildflowers like the pictured Nettle-leaved Bellflower to the small area left that is bereft of much diversity!
Thursday 26th June 2025 - A fair sized team managed to spread out and cover three sites on todays outing.
As a trio of surveyors carried out rapid condition assessments at Carshalton Road Pastures and then Wellfield South the larger remaining contingent could be found toiling away at Queen Marys Woodland deploying a variety of methods to tackle undesirable and thuggish species including Ground Elder, Bramble, Nettles, Bindweed and Thistles from the Woodland Pasture and surrounding areas.
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