Dog walkers beware… Ninewells wood
There may be someone placing poised meat in Ninewells wood. Two different people have reported that in the last few …
Category Archives: History; 2013 to the present.
Growing Beech trees from seed
Its quite easy to grow most native trees from seed, its slightly slower than buying saplings, but it is much …
Snow at Catbrook wood.
Last night it snowed in Monmouthshire and in Gloucestershire, well in our part of it which is the Forest of …
Ancient Woodland Indicator species Mark 2
I was not happy with the list of species which indicate ancient woodland that I published a couple of weeks …
Hints of Spring in Ninewells wood
OK its only 8th of January, but it was sunny and today there was a Song Thrush singing quite loudly. …
Wild Boar in Ninewells wood, Monmouthshire
There is evidence of wild boar activity on the edge of Ninewells wood. Twice recently the vegetation along the edge …
Pond at Catbrook wood. (and fungi)
In the summer when the ‘brash man’ was removing the brash with his JCB I got him to dig a …
Tree sleeves
We have started to protect some of the regenerating trees in Catbrook wood. If we do not do this I …
Brash, clear it, or leave it?
Clear it…… but be prepared for another round of damage . After our Pines were felled, we were left with …
Brash clearance
At last the work has begun, clearing the brash. For those who are not familiar with this word, ‘Brash’ is …
