 | Tue 10th Nov 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered tree removal (Tues 10th Nov) (10 images) 
One again we were on the fell removing small trees and having a fire. Todays fire was fab and at one point it took five of us just to keep it fed, as it was burning wood that quickly.
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 | Sun 8th Nov 09 | Sharon's Best Bits (22 images)
Sharon aka Shazza is off to work on the dark side - a consultancy! However, by the looks of it she will be doing the same stuff (burning, cutting, pulling, loppering and generally more of the fun stuff!)...just this time she will be getting paid. Farewell Shazza and see you next at the volunteer xmas BBQ at Low Barns!
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 | Sat 7th Nov 09 | Burnhope Reservoir: Small Tree Felling (Sat 7th Nov 2009) (8 images)
A small Sat Team out today felling small trees on an important grassland site. Small is the appropriate word today! Come on Sat Team where have you all gone?  |
 | Fri 6th Nov 09 | Low Barns: Reedbed Management & Sharon's BBQ (Fri 6th Nov 2009) (70 images)
A brief session on scrub control around the margins of the reedbeds at Low Barns then BBQ time for Shazza's send off! We then finished the day off with sparklers!
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 | Thu 5th Nov 09 | Derwent Reservoir: Wetland Management (Thu 5th Nov 2009) (12 images)
Another trip up to Derwent Reservoir to help Sue with some wetland management, on a beautiful November day.
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 | Wed 4th Nov 09 | Low Barns: Reedbed Management (Wed 4th Nov 2009) (9 images)
Today we once again returned to the Wild Wetlands reed beds to continue removing Typha. We concentrated on three areas and managed to remove loads with the compact but hard working team. At times we were not sure if it was wetter in the water or on dry land due to the changeable weather.
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 | Tue 3rd Nov 09 | Hylton Dene: Litter Pick (Tue 3rd Nov 2009) (13 images)
Today the Tuesday task force drove off into the unknown to Hylton Castle and Dene. We were helping Morris to litter pick various sites, then we had a wonderful private tour in the castle. Hylton castle belonged to the Hilton/Hylton family up untill 350yrs ago. It then had various occupiers including the National Coal Board who used it for storage until 1950. English Heritage is now responsable for the castle.
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 | Fri 30th Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered Tree Removal (Fri 30th Oct 2009) (11 images)
Todays team of volunteers visited Hedleyhope Fell to remove and burn the previously felled trees. With the help of Shazza on the quad they made good progress.
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 | Thu 29th Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered Tree Removal (Thu 29th Oct 2009) (13 images)
Work continued today on the Fell cutting and BURNING the scattered trees. The team made fantastic progress and got a load of the backlog burnt.
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 | Wed 28th Oct 09 | Rainton Meadows: Bird Ringing Training Day (Wed 28th Oct 2009) (27 images)
Both the Rainton and Low Barns teams met today at Rainton Meadows to learn about the value of bird ringing for ornithological conservation. A big thank you to Martin Hughes for leading the day.
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 | Tue 27th Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Rush Cutting (Tue 27th Oct 2009) (13 images)
A small Tuesday team started work on one of the areas identified for reintroducing the SPBF butterfly. In the fog and murkiness we managed to strim and rake an area of rushes to improve habitat conditions for the butterfly.
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 | Sat 24th Oct 09 | Low Barns: Scrub Management (Sat 24th Oct 2009) (13 images)
On a very wet and yucky day Durham ConSoc joined the regular volunteers to remove willow from in front of the North hide at Low Barns.
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 | Fri 23rd Oct 09 | Malton: Scrub Management (Fri 23rd Oct 2009) (21 images)
Today a small but perfectly formed team visited Malton to remove birch which had seeded in the grassland and heathland habitats on site.
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 | Fri 23rd Oct 09 | Craig's Favourites (Loads of Sites and Dates) (16 images)
From time to time I do this. A small selection of some of the best pics (that I could find!).
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 | Thu 22nd Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered Tree Removal (Thu 22nd Oct 2009) (17 images)
The team continued the felling trees on Hedleyhope Fell. The team made fantastic progress on this rather large task!
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 | Wed 21st Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered Tree Removal (Wed 21st Oct 2009) (21 images)
Today was the second day of tree removal on the fell. We also had a fire which took some getting away but when it did plenty of material was burned.
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 | Tue 20th Oct 09 | Hedleyhope Fell: Scattered Tree Removal (Tue 20th Oct 2009) (25 images)
The first day of scattered tree removal at Hedleyhope Fell. We will be spending many days over the winter on the Fell cutting and treating scattered trees and gorse patches to make sure the Fell remains open for the range of important species that currently live there!
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 | Fri 16th Oct 09 | Baal Hill: Woodland Management (Fri 16th Oct 2009) (13 images)
Colin and Sharon were on their chainsaws today felling sycamore and beech as part of the ongoing management to remove these undesirable species. The wider team also made amazing progress felling 'smaller' trees with bowsaws!
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 | Thu 15th Oct 09 | Low Barns: Sycamore Felling (Thu 15th Oct 2009) (18 images)
Emma and the VROs got their chainsaws out and felled sycamore and larch at Low Barns whilst the wider team felled and treated small sycamore with bowsaws.
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 | Wed 14th Oct 09 | Low Barns: Reedbed Management (Wed 14th Oct 2009) (22 images)
Round two of Typha and Sweet-grass removal. An incredibly large team of vols descended upon the Wild Wetlands reedbed and made maasive inroads into the invasive species.
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 | Tue 13th Oct 09 | Low Barns: Reedbed Management (Tue 13th Oct 2009) (31 images)
Today we put into practice some of the the things we learned at Leighton Moss. We removed Typha from Toad Beck and then Typha and Sweet-grass from the Wild Wetlands reedbed. It was a very wet (for some) and mucky day. We had two new vols and some students from Bishop Auckland college helping today.
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