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Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust runs a number of nature reserves across the county.

I’m mostly involved with the establishment of a new wetland reserve at Fromebridge Mill, which is the Biodiversity Net Gain for the renovation work to the Stroudwater Canal between Eastington and Saul Junction

An orchard witn short grass, deadwood in the foreground and two ladders on the ground

Pruning orchard apple trees

Thu 27th Mar '25Thu 3rd Apr '25

It’s been a while since I’ve been at Fromebridge Orchard with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. A lot of people in the group...

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A river winding through two fields, with a large willow on the left and a raft in the water

Renewing river raft checks

Mon 24th Mar '25Tue 25th Mar '25

It’s been a month since I last checked the rafts for the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, so after an early 8am haircut, I...

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A pond with a dead hedge at the back and field beyond. Brash piles to the left and large willow trunks in the water.

Restoring the orchard pond

Fri 28th Feb '25Mon 3rd Mar '25

I last worked on the pond in the far corner of Fromebridge Orchard back in November 2023 where we removed large willows...

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A small drainage ditch next to a road and large field on the left

Discover rafts

Tue 25th Feb '25Wed 26th Feb '25

Up early to do my regular fortnightly raft check for the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. I normally do this on Mondays, but there...

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A low cut grassland bank next to a canal with a large tree n the middle

Banking on scrub

Fri 7th Feb '25Fri 7th Feb '25

The regular crowd gathered at Fromebridge for another habitat management session with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The plan today was to continue...

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A canal with an orchard in the background on a slope. Family of swans on the canal

Removing bank bramble

Fri 31st Jan '25Fri 31st Jan '25

Beautiful weather today at Fromebridge for the regular Friday work party with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Before we started, Pete walked us...

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River poking through vegetation and tall trees

A packed day

Mon 27th Jan '25Wed 29th Jan '25

I usually only put at most two things per day in the calendar, but occasionally more appointments find their way in. Up...

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A river with tall poplars on the right bank and a large willow opposite

A raft of new equipment

Mon 13th Jan '25Tue 14th Jan '25

With one thing and another, it’s been a month since I last checked on the rafts on the River Cam for the...

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A net, sample tray and riverfly species ID booklet

End of year fly

Mon 30th Dec '24Tue 31st Dec '24

It’s a long stretched time between Christmas and New Year, so I was happy to meet with Graham in the morning for...

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