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    Posted: 01 Nov 2003 at 10:16pm

A big thanks to Matt Cusack of the NT for his expert work with a chainsaw today, Mervyn for all his help both practically today and in arranging the task, Harvey for being good all day, result five of the biggest brash and log piles I've ever seen.

20 or so years ago the exact same work was carried out at this site, result was that within a year adder, grass snake, viviparous lizard and slow-worm were recorded. (Along with common frogs, common toads, and palmate newts in an adjacent pond that was created at the same time)

Over the years birch infill shaded the site, sightings of adder and viviparous lizards dwindled, though I did record both grass snakes and slow-worms last year, they were few and far between.

I now know that the area forms an important part of an adder summer foraging ground, so hopefully I will be recording adder again at the site very soon

 

Before, showing heavy shading from birch

 

after, showing brash piles (they do shrink down over time) before dressing with dried bracken (extant on site) and clearing made by the initial birch clearance. (Harvey's 3ft 9 and a bit, or so he tells me, so that gives some idea of scale)

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