Today we continued to help Friends of Northcliffe with the improvements to the area affected by the water mains burst at the top of Lynton Drive. After further weeding of the area 30 trees were planted to create a scrubby area for birds. The species planted were a mix of Hawthorn, Blackthorn with smaller Dogwood and Guelder Rose chosen to plant at the front of the patch.
We also removed a small amount of sycamore, and weeded around the trees planted by Yorkshire Water in the summer. Crocosmia and sycamore were removed from the wet flush 50 meters into the woods.
Meanwhile a team constructed 6 steps on the worst part of the steep muddy path that leads up to the meadow. The two people that past us during the afternoon bit said “thank you, I won’t slip
over anymore”. We will monitor the use of the path and see if more steps would be of benefit.