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Forest Enterprise autumn Works at Chambers Farm Woods
FE have posted a notice at Chambers Farm Wood which outlines their plans for timber extraction in September and October. Butterfly Conservation were made aware of these plans when Rhona Goddard (regional conservation manager) met FE on site last month. The proposed work was discussed in some detail and an approach agreed which will improve the management of the woods by opening up closed rides and managing the woodland edges for conservation.
In preparation for this work the ditches along the main ride will need to be cleared. This will involve removing vegetation on the edge of the track to allow access from machinery to clear the ditches. We will work closely with FE to identify those key features for butterflies, e.g. Sallows for purple Emperor and elms for white letter hairstreak. Unfortunately, it won’t be possible to retain all of the Sallows along the main ride, but we hope to retain enough to avoid any impact on the Purple Emperor population. Whilst the timber extraction itself will not look very pretty initially, the restoration of forestry in consultation with ourselves, should produce a more dynamic woodland to benefit our butterflies and moths
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