Woodland Blog

Woodland creation, thinning and hedgelaying at SWW's Brokenbury site near Brixham

Thinning a 1980's plantation of broadleaf trees

Chainsaw milling large Chestnut boards

The challenge of planting 10,00 trees in Loddiswell

Now that Ash die back has made a lot of roadside trees dangerous to climb we decided that a cherry picker license would be a good idea!

Gorse clearance to reclaim a wildflower meadow

A great example of positive hedgerow management for biodiversity which adds a beautiful landscape aesthetic.

The last day of the hedgelaying season, working for the organic food company Riverford at their Field Kitchen site

chainsaw milling a giant Leylandii

management intervention on a rare Springline mire habitat

Planting hedges on a farm near Crediton through the RPA scheme

Hedgelaying schemes creating the best possible potential habitat for nature

We are ‘felling to waste’ about 80% of the oak, beech and sweet chestnut trees in the selected glade areas. This huge injection of deadwood into the woodland will be a mecca for those saproxylic dead wood eating beetles amongst other things.

The versatility of trees astounds me! As early man discovered, I can chop two-thirds of the way through the stem near ground level with an axe, then bend and split this tree down to be woven and intertwined with other trees treated in the same way!

If you have bought or are thinking of buying woodland keep Coppicing in mind and here is why... Coppicing is a traditional woodland management method that's been used for hundreds if not thousands of years.