CCDT
Last Sunday, 4th December, the CCDT Events and Education Group ran a Christmas crafts event at the tennis courts in the woods. The picnic benches turned into crafting tables and […]
The remaining 49 trees marked ‘drey’ as part of the SPHN were due to felled by 31st August. Our contractors RTS has previously estimated it would be w/c 22nd August […]
It may seem a bit harsh, to call a green leafy plant that gives lovely large purple flowers in spring a thug, but I am afraid that is what it […]
Another major milestone in this SPHN operation is that the forwarder is now offsite. Aside from where timber is stacked there are now no access restrictions within the community woodland. […]
Q: What area does the SPHN cover? A: 21.37ha of the community woodland and all larch within that area will be felled as a result. Q: Were all the larch […]
The forwarder is now working to remove logs from across the felled area (Zones 1 to 5), to the stacking area for haulage offsite. This week Zone 4 has been completed, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]