More Snow!

Once again Foxglove has been transformed into a winter wonderland.

Snow has fallen throughout the day, in places several inches now cover the ground.  The dead hedge built yesterday by the volunteers was shown off to its best, dusted white with heavy snowflakes.

This however, did not stop the work.  Chainsaws burst into life as we continued pollarding along net rides bordering the coppice block that has been cleared over the winter months.

Net rides are managed in this way to keep vegetation at a similar height to the mist nets used for bird ringing, allowing for more birds to be caught.

While the area may look very bare now, in only a few months the warm spring sun will be shining, and the willows alive with new growth.