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A small river with wild mustard flowering on the right hand side bank

Wild Mustard banks

Mon 19th May '25Mon 19th May '25

The river bank changes every fortnight I come over for the raft checks for Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Today the banks were covered...

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A fast flowing river bending to the left with vegetation on the bank on the right

Scooping more riverfly

Sat 17th May '25Sun 18th May '25

My turn this month to do the new Lister Road site with Susie. We were joined also by Alex, who is a...

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Rough steep grassland bank with wayfair tree shoots

Continuation of the Stinchcombe survey

Fri 16th May '25Sun 18th May '25

Another very warm afternoon when I met up with Kathy at 2pm for another session of grid square surveying of the SSSI....

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A corral with parts of the fence posts and rails removed

Dismantling a corral

Thu 15th May '25

Another Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust first for me again today – a work party in the Stuart Fawkes grassland reserve. Vicky picked me...

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A newly installed dog poo bin next to a path

Crickley bin

Wed 14th May '25Sun 18th May '25

Went up to Crickley Hill for my first work party there with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. I hadn’t met most of the...

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View from the top of a steep grassland across a valley with wooded slopes in the distance

Surveying Stinchcombe’s Slopes

Sun 11th May '25Sun 11th May '25

Kathy organised a late afternoon trip up at Stinchcombe hill to continue the survey of the grassland started a couple of weeks...

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Looking down an orchard at ground level with rough grass and undesirable species growing

Scything away undesirables

Sat 10th May '25

The regular monthly Orchard work party this morning with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The focus was on the ground, rather than trees as...

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A steep sloped grassland with people sat on the grass in the distance doing botanical surveys

Surveying species rich grassland

Fri 9th May '25Fri 9th May '25

The surveying season with Glorious Grasslands kicked off today with a training session in the Windrush valley. There were a lot of...

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A young hedge with canes and spirals in between two stock proof fence and hills in the distance

Watering Humphrey’s End

Thu 8th May '25Thu 8th May '25

The recent drought has not been good for newly planted hedges this year, so Stroud Valleys Project put out a last minute...

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Annual Reflections

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