Busy, busy, busy

Wow, we've had an amazing couple of months in the wood with loads of exciting things going on.

During the last couple of weeks of November we had SP Landscapes in to fell about 80 poplars on the site, this has been done to allow us to replant with native trees suitable for a wet woodland. The plan is to get the first stage of replanting done in the next 2 or 3 weeks.

The felling has had a huge impact on the area and I'll try to get some pictures of the new landscape posted this weekend. In order for the planting to go ahead we've started clearing all the debris and woodchip away, this has proven to be a much bigger task than I expected but with enough volunteers and positive attitude I think we'll be OK.

We've also been moving ahead with some fundraising things, we had a big push at work in December with a Christmas fair and a raffle, the Friends of Snail Wood scheme has also been launched and we've had some fantastic offers of support, which we're all really grateful for.

The next few weekends should involve more clearing and then the brilliant part of marking out the planting plan and doing some actual planting - hurrah.