Cattawade site visit on 29/6/17 to review Crassula eradication project. Site very dry but short stretches still damp on the margins in some of the ditches. Small patches of crassula are just emerging in some of these areas. In context of the original infestation – 99% eradication. Patches of crassula that re-emerged first […]
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As you know Cattawade has been under a salt-water diet for the last 8 months. I was very interested to see what would actually happen during the breeding season in 2017, following on from the saline conditions, vs. the normal freshwater flood. Due to the way the site works (e.g. it’s sand/gravel based, meaning water
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During the winter lapwings that have arrived from the frozen north and east tend to use our wetland reserves as safe roost sites. A few birds feed on the grassland margins, but the majority of time the flooded areas support impressive flocks of roosting and loafing birds. The size of these flocks varies considerably during
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