Habitats & Heritage – Hyndburn’s Woodlands Update

The Hyndburn Woodlands project continues into 2023 at the peak of the woodland management season; Winter.

Preventative felling of Ash trees affected by Ash Dieback has taken place on several of the 8 Lancashire County Council site.

Whinney Hill saw several Ash felled to ensure they were not a danger to the public along the pathways on site. Dogwood has also been cooked back from the pathways to improve access on site. 16 bags of litter were collected from site over the course of a day in November.

Coppicing a traditional form of Woodland management has been taking place on Martholme Greenway and Huncoat East & West. Cut hazel has been used in a variety of PROSPECTS workshops and projects including; spoon carving, An Introduction to Green Woodworking, making wooden Reindeer and whittling.

Rushton House Farm has had some Holly thinned from the site in the southern part of the site to allow other natural regeneration of broadleaf native species.

Abbott Clough has had a significant amount of self seeded Hawthorn thinned to enable other species to germinate with the resultant brash being used to close gaps on the roadside hedgerow.

Warcocks Green has had several litter picks and work has been undertaken to mediate the damage caused on site by the use of mountain/scrambler bikes and ATV (Quads).

Woodland Volunteer sessions continue to be delivered every Thursday across all 8 sites, check the Events Calendar HERE

To get involved contact Project Officer Gareth Muir – gareth.muir@prospectsfoundation.org.uk

Thanks go out to The Heritage Lottery Fund for making this project possible!

Habitats & Heritage – Hyndburn’s Woodlands Update
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