Abbotswood scrub clearance

​On Saturday 9th November, 10 volunteers from Wilder Romsey carried out scrub removal and dead hedge creation.

They made a good dent into the scrub, opening up grassland spaces and creating a varied age structure across site to benefit the widest range of wildlife possible. During their scrub clearance they also selected individual oaks to be left to eventually mature and replace our veteran oak on site as they naturally decline.

​The veteran oaks on site are estimated anywhere between 300-500 years old and have the ability to support an incredible 2000+ species per tree!

​Dead hedges were created in areas to act as hibernacula for wildlife as well as being used to redirect footfall away from the veteran oaks. The deadwood piles are brilliant hibernation points for hedgehogs and newts and also great for birds and insects too for food and shelter.

Thanks to all that came along!