Spotted by Volunteer Hannah (Logged June 2020)Earliest Submitted record by Volunteer Annabel (Before 2020 project began) Little Egret Information can be found here on the RSPB website. The little egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow […]
Today the team got to work clearing around the old apple tree planted by Fruit and Nut Village Stirchley some eons ago now. The apples are lovely crisp brown skinned apples an dthe tree was laden but no one could get near enough with all the bramble that had overtaken […]
Alan gives us a quick tour of the birch grove next to the den in Ten Acres and how it’s an excellent example of woodland succession and what that means.
Another great day with our new volunteers on site clearing the pathway (or the hunt for the hidden pathway as it is sometimes known) and working on the expansion of the den area by clearing the bramble and managing the birch grove.
Another beautiful day out and about litter picking in Ten Acres with a whopping 11 volunteer turnout! Amazing! We were joined by B37/Tribal bug/bird experts Kevin and Helen as well as volunteers (many of which were armed with thier own litter picking tools. We took a breaks in the woods […]
Spotted by Volunteer Camilla. First logged 29/06/20 Garanium Molle, common name – Doves-foot Cranesbill, Wild Geranium Family Geranium Status Commonly Widespread Details Low to short, densely and softly- hairy semi-prostrate plant. Leaves rounded and divided beyond halfway into 5 to 7 wedge-shaped lobes. Stems with long white hairs. Flowers pinkish […]
So last week we couldn’t do any site work as our team were on holiday, but even though the weather was miserable we did manage to get on site today and do some light work in the den opening up the birch tree space. We then took a break under […]
The team went back in to The Den today to work on clearing the excess birch, thinning it out and increasing canopy light. in Ten Acres Stirchley.
Today we did some litter picking along the grassy strip on the side of cartland road outside of ten acres as well as across the riverbrook meadow and from this one grass area managed to fill a whole bin bag! Top litter finds were: cigarette butts cig and tabacco packets […]
Today we spent a fantastic afternoon in the blazing hot sunshine down in Ten Acres getting the Himalayan Balsam under control with a small team of volunteers. Using the technique highlighted in our recent Balsam video we spent a solid 3 hours down by the river snapping and piling up […]
