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Froghunt Session

On Tuesday 12th April we invited families to come along to the ponds near the outdoor classroom area of the woodland nearest the primary school.  We were delightfully surprised by […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 14th April 2022

We’re pleased to say that the harvester has now left Gillies Hill.  This means that all larch trees have now been felled – with the exception of those trees containing squirrel […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 7th April 2022

Zone 5, our last zone, has been the focus both for hand-felling (guys with chainsaws) and the harvester felling and processing into logs this week.  The harvester will be working […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 31st March 2022

Felling continues at pace and should be complete towards the end of next week.. Felling larch in Zone 4 will be complete tomorrow. Some of these trees will be difficult […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 24th March 2022

The good weather has allowed the felling to continue at pace. The harvester has been felling larch in Zone 4 and is expected to finish in this zone on Tuesday […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 17th March 2022

Work to fell and remove the larch continues to progress at pace. Felling in Zone 2 is complete and the harvester has moved into Zone 3. It is anticipated Zone […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 10th March 2022

Work to fell and remove the larch is now thankfully progressing at pace. RTS (the contractor) have brought on additional felling resources by way of chainsaw operators to speed up […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch Removal, update Thursday 3rd March 2022

The weather has thankfully improved enough to make progress. The forecast for the coming week appears to be favourable. The access route from the stacking area near the Walled Garden […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch removal, Update as of Thursday 24 Feb 2022

Those that have managed to visit the woods will have noticed there has been little progress on felling or clearing the felled logs for the last week. This is wholly […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News

SPHN – Larch removal, Planned work From Fri 18th Feb 2022

Please refer to the update issued yesterday (Wed 16th Feb) which explained the situation with the path between the Gillies Hill sheds and the walled garden: SPHN – Larch removal, […]