Coppicing

Now we are into March it is time to stop coppicing for fear of destroying birds' nests.

We finished cutting in the coppice coupe near post 2 in the New Plantation on 10th February. 

Through the winter, students from the Sheiling School have been coppicing in the Paddock near post 12.  This is excellent because we haven't had time to do any management work here for several years.

This photo was taken on 14th December

More recently we had a group of ten occupational therapy students from UWE, who came for two sunny days at the end of February.  They worked up near post 8 felling the hazels, trimming, cutting to size, and sharpening the stakes.