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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-56819027094194481332017-02-15T03:44:00.003-08:002017-02-15T03:49:25.193-08:00Tracks in the snowWinter is a great time to get out and see which animals have been passing by. Plenty of mud and (if you're lucky) snow, mean that animal tracks are much easier to spot.<br />
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The tricky part once you've found some good tracks, is figuring out which creature made them.<br />
In January after a good snowfall, Junior Rangers had a go looking for tracks at Corehead Farm.<br />
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There are many things to consider when looking at tracks...<br />
- How many toes can you see?<br />
Badgers, weasals, stoats, pine martens and shrews have 5 toes on the back and front, where as foxes, cats and dogs have 4. Some species such as rats, mice, squirrels, voles and beavers have four toes on the front and five on the back. <br />
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- Is it a front or back foot?<br />
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- Can you see claws? Cats keep their claws withdrawn when walking<br />
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- Is the paw print symmetrical? E.g. cats have asymmetrical front prints where as dogs are very symmetrical. <br />
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<b>Diagonal walkers </b>move their front left foot and back right foot at the same time eg deer, dogs, cats<br />
<b>Pacers </b>move their front left and back left at the same time eg badgers <br />
<b>Bounders</b> back feet land just behind the front feet eg weasels <br />
<b>Gallopers</b> back feet land just in front of the front feet eg rabbits and rodents <br />
<a href="http://cwf-fcf.org/assets/images/resources/newsletters/sgg/sgg-summer09/track1-lg.jpg" target="_blank">Great image here to illustrate this!</a><br />
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There is a key to animal tracks <a href="http://www.biokids.umich.edu/guides/tracks_and_sign/tracks_key/" target="_blank">here,</a><br />
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and a good PDF of common UK tracks<a href="http://www.dbrc.org.uk/i/otterfootprints.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a><br />
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There are many other clues to look for such as hairs, droppings, runs or trails in the grass.<br />
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Can you figure out who these prints belong to? <br />
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As the woodland develops and grass grows longer at Corehead we may begin to see more variety of tracks as diversity of food sources and suitable areas to den/nest increase. <br />
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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-49863837263022747542016-12-15T02:41:00.001-08:002016-12-15T07:42:45.512-08:00John Bruce Elliott Wood<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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At Hoprigshiels there are three wind turbines currently
being constructed to allow affordable housing to be built in the Berwickshire
area. The project has been in development by Berwickshire Community Renewables
for years and finally got the go ahead earlier this year. There is a range of ‘habitat enhancement works’ that were
undertaken as a part of the project. One such component of the works was a
native woodland comprised of three compartments planted on a nearby farm (close
to Oldhamstocks, East Lothian). The woodland had a very specific design as it
had a number of purposes; improving the habitat for wildlife, creating shelter
for sheep on the hill and to provide a visual screen between the conservation
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Sadly John Bruce Elliot passed away in April 2015. John was
a long-time friend and supporter of Borders Forest Trust and chairman of Berwickshire
Housing Association (BHA). He was also for many years a Councillor with
Scottish Borders Council and Chair of the Berwickshire Area Committee. He was
very much an outdoor person and an active member of the Duns Walkers and
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The community renewables project was a long term vision of
John’s and it was decided by the project coordinators that the woodland planted
as a part of the project would be named the ‘John Bruce Elliott Wood’, a
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On November 4<sup>th</sup> myself and David Long (BFT
trustee and friend of John Elliott) attended the naming ceremony which started
at the Oldhamstocks village hall and was very well attended by John’s
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We all then headed to the new woodland and were greeted with
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A few words were said by John’s colleagues and daughter who
then revealed a beautiful wooden plaque carved by a local craftsman. A tree
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It was a privilege to represent BFT in such a positive way
and to coordinate the planting of a woodland that improves local woodland
habitat connectivity and provides such strong ties to the local community.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The aim of these sessions are to use a diverse range of activities to help people connect with and learn about our natural world. Its about looking at the details in nature, helping notice what is around us and inspiring each other to take part in actions which conserve and restore it. This can be through art and craft, wildlife surveys, bush craft, survival skills and nature games. <br />
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This October half term, we ran two sessions:<br />
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The first was all about hibernation and winter survival. We looked for hidden clues in the forest to discover how our different mammals adapt to the winter. We discovered Badgers, squirrels and mice aren't true hibernators, where as hedgehogs and bats are - dropping their body temperature and heart rate considerably.<br />
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We talked about different adaptations creatures have from the downy under feathers of small birds, to the cosy drays of squirrels. We then had a go at building our own dens... to house a hot water bottle....the challenge to see many degrees its temperature would drop in different dens! Who could keep it the warmest!?<br />
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The second was more crafty, celebrating the turning off the seasons, by making leaf candle holders, and telling stories round a camp fire in the woods.<br />
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What a beautiful Autumn its been this year! At Corehead, our conservation volunteers and Junior Rangers have been out and about, enjoying the Autumn sun, helping look after the orchard <br />
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<u><b>The orchard</b></u><br />
This is the first year that the trees have been old enough to leave some of the fruit on the trees, and after a good session of weeding round the trees it was apple picking time for the Junior Rangers !<br />
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First we had the Junior Rangers out in the orchard, weeding round the trees, raking up grass <br />
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Then the picking commenced<br />
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and the apple tasting!<br />
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Plenty of apples to go round!<br />
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Junior Rangers took them home to enjoy and have a go at baking with fresh apples from the tree<br />
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Here are some of the results<br />
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Danny won the bake off challenge for productivity and variety, making a smoothie, turnover and crumble from the apples he took home!! Great stuff!!<br />
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Our adult volunteers have also been hard at work replacing and reinforcing the tree guards.<br />
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This winter we'll be holding a pruning workshop in the orchard...details coming soon<br />
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As you wander up to the beech tree, the giant polypore (<i>Miripulis giganteus</i>) is still fruiting at its cut off roots, living off the now deadwood underground.<br />
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Bachelors buttons (<span class="st"><i>Bulgaria inquinans</i>) </span> or 'Fairy trampolines' as I prefer to say, is on its trunk, tempting round disks which would be so fun to jump on if you were wee!<br />
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Porcelain fungus (<span class="st"><i>Oudemansiella mucida</i>) </span>which will soon expand into a beautiful white translucent cap which the sun lights up, and dew drops glisten, currently sprouts small and inconspicuous out of the main trunk and also the smaller logs and branches. <br />
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Over the years countless fungi will come and go on this fallen beech as they slowly return it to the soil.<br />
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Over in the grasslands, there are some areas where the 'gems' of the grasslands fruit. Waxcaps in golden yellow, scarlet red, parrot green, orange and white are beginning their spore laden display.<br />
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Part of a suite of fungi (which includes earth tongues, coral fungi,
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Hidden under the bracken which we bashed around the young trees last week, some of the ectomycorrhizal or 'partner' fungi have already established themselves, swapping nutrients for sugar with the trees and helping them to grow.<br />
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Its all happening underground<br />
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Time to get out and see those Autumn displays!!<br />
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Ali Murfitt<br />
Site and Community Officer<br />
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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-31591479952103287102016-07-22T03:39:00.001-07:002016-07-22T04:00:37.113-07:00We're covered in Bees A few weeks ago, Alasdair and myself attended a Bumblebee Identification workshop run by the <a href="http://bumblebeeconservation.org/" target="_blank">Bumblebee Conservation Trust </a>to learn the basics on how to accurately identify species and tell the difference between males, female workers and queens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look we caught a bee (and then let it go again...just in case you're worried!!) </td></tr>
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When it comes to telling bees apart its all about number and colour of stripes and how hairy are those legs! But first you need to tell if its even a bumblebee as there are many flies which imitate our bee's.<br />
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Check if the 'Bee' has small eyes and long antennae. Flies and Hoverflies tend to have short antennae and big eyes!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <b> This a Bee Fly so not a Bee - look at its big eyes and short antennae </b> (image copyright wikimedia commons by Gbohne) </td></tr>
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Once you're sure its a bee then the position, colour and size of the stripes on a bee's body is crucial for identification. Workers, males, and queens can have different markings as well even though they are the same species. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has some <a href="http://bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/identification/top-tips-for-bee-id/" target="_blank">great resources</a> to help with identification. <br />
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Female workers have pollen baskets on the back legs which either have pollen on or appear smooth and shiny. Males (and the parasitic Cuckoo bees) don't have these and so the legs are hairy all the way round, they also appear 'lazy' (technical description!) as they only need to feed themselves and not provide for the nest. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shiny legs of a worker! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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This week the Corehead volunteers completed our first <a href="http://www.beewalk.org.uk/" target="_blank">Bee Walk survey</a>. Our transect goes through the meadow we have been managing to increase wildflowers and up into the five year old replanted native woodland in Tweedhope. Its going to be fascinating to see if number and diversity of bee species increase as habitat restoration at Corehead continues. <br />
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We found a Tree Bumblebee, White tailed, Buff tailed, Common Carder and Blaeberry bumblebee.<br />
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The Tree Bumble is a relative new comer to Scotland and has slowly been making its way northwards and the Blaeberry Bumblebee is an upland species which a bright orange/red tail and abdomen! <br />
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Thanks to John for the great photo above of the Blaeberry Bumblebee on clover at Corehead <br />
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Ali<br />
Site and Community Officer <br />
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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-47414498739647304192016-06-28T07:10:00.001-07:002016-06-28T07:13:27.735-07:00Wyches in the Woods<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second year of our involvement in the UK National Tree
Seed Project in partnership with Kew Gardens’ Millenium Tree Seed Bank is
underway. And what better way to start than with an early summer collection of
Wych Elm (</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ulmus glabra</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After getting landowner permissions for a woodland near
Galashiels I had a good look around and found that it was full of Wych Elm and
plenty of beautiful ancient woodland indicating flora. A few follow up visits
confirmed the presence of huge numbers of seed across the woodland which would
make for a perfect seed collection day with volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Around the time of expected natural dispersal
the weather was particularly warm and accelerated the rate at which the seed
matured. For that reason it became really important to get into the wood as
soon as possible to collect the thin, wind dispersible seed before they
disappeared.<br />
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The date was set, the volunteers notified and the seed primed for collection.
We arrived in the wood on a particularly warm morning and after I had explained
the plan of attack I was followed swiftly by the ominous sound of rolling
thunder threatening to ruin our day (and attempt to collect seed). <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sure enough, seconds later the heavens opened, but that
didn’t put off the hardy volunteers. We decided to persevere and we all got to
work picking seed, tagging trees, taking grid references and using some
specialist equipment (and a little elbow grease) to collect some seed from
higher up in the canopy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It became clear soon after we started that there was plenty
of seed to be collected and that we would likely exceed the target (of 10,000
viable seed). We moved around the wood and collected seed from a number of
different individual trees as best we could manage. The rain eventually eased
off giving everyone the opportunity to dry out a little as we collected all the
bags of seed together and headed back to the minibus.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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this will accompany the seeds when they are sent to the Millennium Tree Seed
Bank Partnership in West Sussex so that the scientists there can confirm that
the seed are from the correct tree species.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The collection day is where the volunteer involvement ends
for a seed collection. But, not where the work ends. After the collection I
will take the seed back to the office and process them appropriately. In most
cases this includes drying the seed before packaging as to avoid them becoming
mouldy or rotten. I also input the data I recorded on the date of collection
which includes the National Grid Reference of each individual tree that seed
was collected from, the woodland type, soil types, aspect and any other
additional information about the woodland that might be beneficial for those
studying </span></div>
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the seed is dried and packaged with the additional information and herbarium
specimen and a courier is organised. They will be collected from our head
office and make their way down to the seed bank facility in West Sussex to be
processed and stored at a low temperature so that they can remain viable for
years to come.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To find out about volunteering opportunities with this
project please email either myself (<a href="mailto:alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org">alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org</a>)
or Ali Murfitt (<a href="mailto:alison@bordersforesttrust.org">alison@bordersforesttrust.org</a>). </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alasdair</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Woodland Habitats Officer</span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-16201428630105806292016-06-09T04:45:00.001-07:002016-06-09T04:48:24.455-07:00Planting trees with the next generation.<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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The Borders Tree Planting Grant has now finished its first
year and had lots of successful applications and interest from many different
applicants including private landowners, farmers, community groups,
organisations and schools.</div>
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Both Chirnside and Howdenburn (Jedburgh) Primary Schools
successfully applied for the Tree Planting Grant and accessed funding for
around 50 well established trees each. My Colleague, Anna Craigen is currently
working with these schools on the All Things Green Project which aims to
improve the schools’ grounds for outdoor education and wildlife, and to help
students have access to more inspirational outdoor spaces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anna and I decided that a small orchard area (with apples,
crab apples and plums) would really provide a unique learning resource for the
school children at these schools leading into the future. These were each to be
accompanied by small woodland areas (Birch, Wild Cherry, Rowan and Sessile Oak)
that would be planted in a way such that there were areas available for outdoor
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deliveries. We unloaded and set out tools, and carefully placed all of the trees
and tree protection throughout the planned areas. During the days we worked
with school pupils (ranging in age from nursery to P7), teachers and adult
helpers at both of the schools whilst managing to dig lots of holes, bury their
trees into the holes and all play the ‘stomping game’ (heel firming the trees
into their new homes). Although the rocky ground made digging hard going at
times everyone got stuck in and we managed to get all the trees planted on both
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about the things that trees need to grow such as water, sunlight and nutrients the
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A great couple of days of outdoor education, tree planting,
getting muddy and rescuing worms!<br />
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0.25 Hectares. If you are interested in applying for funding to plant trees and
live in the Scottish Borders please contact me via email at <a href="mailto:alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org">alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org</a>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-87821528436275950252016-06-06T06:51:00.001-07:002016-06-06T06:51:48.048-07:00Corehead High Camp 2016 We were lucky enough to have bright sunshine and a cooling breeze for our second ever Corehead High Camp which happened a few weeks back.<br />
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Last year we focused on maintaining the fences that allow the trees to grow by excluding the sheep and deer (an on going task!). This year, we were planting Juniper within the deer exclosure as part of our project to restore Montane scrub habitat. The aim is to transition from woodland to montane scrub to montane heath, spreading woodland up the hill, enhancing biodiversity and softening the boundary between large trees of the low grounds and open hill.<br />
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We were planting just below Whitehope Knowe at around 550 to 600m, conditions at this height are tough for trees, however some species such a Dwarf Birch, Juniper, and a variety of Montane Willows should do well here.<br />
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To give them a bit of a head start, we worked in pairs with one person using a mattock to remove vegetation and the other planting the Juniper into the prepared spot. Screefing the ground in this way reduces competition from grass roots whilst the tree is establishing.<br />
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It was a great spot to camp for the night, with stunning views of Lochan burn and a sunset over the hills to the west. Not too icy in the morning this year either!<br />
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Walking back down through Tweedhope it was heartening to see how well the trees have established, as the spring flush of fresh young leaves shone a vibrant green in the sunshine. <br />
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They'll be more information about Montane scrub in the summer edition of the Green Shed, members magazine ...so look out for that. <br />
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Many thanks for James and John of Treeserv for helping to lead the camp, and to all the volunteers who got involved.<br />
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The climate is certainly very changeable in those hills, with the high winds of the night before, transforming into a hot sunny day. This was good news for our enjoyment on the day but did mean the moth traps put out over night were mostly empty.<br />
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We also put out a bat detector recording box borrowed from the Southern Scotland Bat Survey scheme. We're awaiting results and will be surprised if we have any bats recordings from that night! We plan to have another go recording bats in August. Its a brilliant project and if you'd like get involved in surveying, more information can be found <a href="http://www.batsurvey.org/scotland/" target="_blank">here </a><br />
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There was a big contingent of bryologists, who taking advantage of the good weather headed right up to Stirk Craig. They made over 90 records, one example being Alpine Water Moss <i>(Fontinalis squamosa), </i>only the second record in vice county 78, the other being recorded last year lower down the valley. Excitingly Liz Kungu just confirmed the identity of a rare species of Sphagnum called <i>Sphagnum platyphyllum</i> - which is a new record for the Scottish Borders. <br />
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Whilst out a variety of plants were noted, an interesting example being cloud berry <i>Rubus chamaemorus</i> which grows in <span style="text-align: left;">acidic soil on high boggy ground. </span>Later in the year this bears an orange rather unusually flavoured and delicious berry! In Sweden this is a much loved fruit however in Scotland it is far too uncommon to harvest. <br />
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A carrion beetle was spotted, (Nicrophorus vespillioides) feeding on a dead field vole!<br />
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Some fragments of wood were also discovered by Ron Mcbeath, exposed in some peat where they had been buried at about 1m below the surface, possibly Birch and Juniper! <br />
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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-33469085865035363752016-05-25T01:38:00.002-07:002016-05-25T01:41:05.202-07:00Leave No Trace Its a wonderful experience having a fire in the woods, gathering some wild food and cooking on an open flame...but how to do it safely and without leaving a negative mark on the land?<br />
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Last session we explored these ideas with the Junior Rangers. Here's some of what we looked at: <br />
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<b>Leave no trace fires.</b><br />
Having a fire off the ground has many advantages, including improved oxygen flow to your fire, no scorch marks and reduced risk of setting fire to the ground. This is really something to think when deciding if it is o.k to have a fire outdoors. Even if it is wet on the surface, fires can burn into the ground and were there is peat, ignite an underground fire which could smoulder for years. ..definitely one to be aware of!<br />
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Once you've chosen a safe and appropriate site, the easiest way to have a fire off the ground is to bring something with you...and an old satellite dish works a treat!! Just need to whittle a few legs first!<br />
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More information about 'leave no trace' <a href="https://lnt.org/about/international" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<b>Foraging </b><br />
At this time of year, there is an abundance of wild food around us, much of it very common, easy to identify and tasty too! <br />
A few things to thing about when foraging <b><br /></b><br />
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<li><b> </b>Is it safe to eat? Good identification is key here. If in doubt leave it out! </li>
<li>Is it common or rare? There is a lot of ethics involved in foraging. Here is a link to the <a href="http://www.forestharvest.org.uk/Images/ScottishWildMushroomCode_2010.jpg" target="_blank">Scottish Wild Mushroom code</a> </li>
<li>Is the clean and not polluted? Picking watercress in a field with sheep is not a good idea (liver fluke) nor is it wise to pick on popular dog walking routes, the sides of busy roads or from historically contaminated sites! </li>
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We made a tasty common sorrel and nettle soup (well some of us thought it was tasty!) <br />
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Its wonderful the ideas that emerge when sat round a camp fire. We introduced the concept of the 'talking stick' and the Junior Rangers decided they'd like to carve it each month with a design which represents what they did.<br />
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This month it was carved with the image of a camp fire. <br />
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Looking forward to next month <br />
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borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-33151957177195884732016-04-13T01:25:00.004-07:002016-04-28T01:00:23.700-07:00First Tree Planting Day at Talla & Gameshope! <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Volunteers welcome for first Tree Planting Day at Talla
& Gameshope!</div>
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A great moment in restoring the wild heart of the Border
hills takes place on <b>Saturday 30th April.</b></div>
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We will be planting the first trees of what will become a magnificent wooded
upland landscape for future generations to treasure.</div>
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We will be planting a few hundred trees, a mixture of aspen,
birch and rowan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meet at 10 AM at the
Gameshope entrance to the site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
at the East end of Talla Reservoir, Tweedsmuir, off the A 701 between Moffat
and Broughton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will walk about a mile
up the track to the bothy, and planting will take place around that area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Planting is expected to begin about 11 AM and
finish around 3 PM, though this depends on how many people come along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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All you need is waterproofs, wellies and a simple packed
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Parking at the site is limited so please car share if at all
possible.</div>
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First we headed to Stotfield Gill, to remove some of the young larch which had seeded from the shelter belt into the recently replanted native woodland.<br />
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During a break, some Junior rangers played in the stream, others made reed boats to race in it!<br />
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Then it was back to the barn to have a go at dissecting owl pellets! There is a Tawny owl at Corehead so we thought it would be interesting to see what they have been eating!<br />
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Pellets are formed from all of the parts of an owls prey which it can't eat, such as feathers fur and bone. The owl simply regurgitates it in the form of a sausage shaped pellet! We soaked the pellets we found to make them easier to tease apart and find the bones. <br />
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We then used a really good identification key from RSPB which can be found <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/Owlpellets_tcm9-133500.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> , to work out which creature these bones once belonged to!<br />
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Turns out our owl has been eating mostly field voles, which you can tell apart from other voles and mice by the shape of the teeth. <br />
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Some Junior Rangers even tried to put the skeleton back together! <br />
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We kicked off the season with a Woodland Activity Day which was a mix of conservation work, tree identification, folklore and exploring!<br />
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Then a week later it was the Egg-stravaganza family activity day.<br />
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The theme was to learn about birds, eggs, chick's and celebrate the arrival of spring. <br />
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We started off with a visit into the wetland to see the marsh marigolds which are already blooming.<br />
We went in duckling formation to avoid any potential of falling into the wetland pools!<br />
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whilst they were cooking away there were nests to build, egg and spoon races to be had, and clues to be discovered to learn more about different birds nests and chick rearing methods. We had team black bird, robin, tawny owl and wood pecker. <br />
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Finally it was off to the orchard on a final chocolate egg hunt before unveiling our decorated eggs complete with spring leaf and flower shapes! <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For those of you who follow our work, you may or may not be aware that we have a new job position to fill. Our current Site Officer (that is me!) is leaving on Friday so we are looking for a new person to fill some Site Officer boots!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The job of a Site Officer is very varied. No two days are the same and no one day ever goes as you think it will! But you do get to work in some of the most stunning landscapes in southern Scotland for an organisation that is leading the way in the fields of rewilding and ecological restoration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Site Officers role is mostly out and about and the best way to get a feel of what's involved is to read past blog posts - they are in essence a diary of what to expect. Everything from tree planting at high altitude to land and wildlife surveying, leading volunteer groups, feeding into management plans, days out on the quad bike and of course writing blog posts! The list goes on. But the best thing about the job is the team you will have behind you. Borders Forest Trust is lucky to have an absolutely brilliant staff team with wider support from contractors, trustees and volunteers. You'll be welcomed into the fold immediately and fully supported from day one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And from me, a final post as the BFT Site Officer. A huge thanks to everyone I've worked with and met along the way. You've been great....</span></div>
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People often associate us with planting trees and yes, it is one of the main things that we do. </div>
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However across our sites, we do have a few older trees (which we cherish) that occasionally need a closer look at. This isn't just to admire the lichen growth or in some cases, sheer size of them, but it is with a Health and Safety hat on. We welcome visitors to all of our sites and where there are paths that we manage, neighbouring roads and houses, we need to carefully inspect the trees to ensure that as far as we can tell they are safe for people to walk and/or gather under and in sometimes in our case, to work under!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surveying trees. In this we're hitting the tree with a hammer. It's actually quite a good way of identifying how sound the wood is!</td></tr>
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We've been writing our new Tree Safety Management policy and this winter have started visiting all of our sites to undertake surveys. Firstly we decide on how well used an area is by visitors, staff and volunteers. This will then dictate how detailed a survey needs to be undertaken and how regularly this should be eg once a year, once every 2 years etc. If there are paths that we manage then they are more likely to need a more through, regular survey as opposed to the middle of a woodland which will require less. </div>
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Once we have surveyed an area we then need to examine what works are needed to make any trees that we have identified as potentially dangerous, safe. Sometimes this can simply be regular surveying to monitor any worsening conditions. Or it may require something more drastic such as cutting back branches, or even felling. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This large Birch at our Drygrange site had blown over and got caught in some trees on the other side of the path. We decided that the only option was to fell the tree to make it safer for walkers who were continuing to pass beneath</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But these things are never straight forward. It took us nearly 3 hours to get it down as it kept getting tangled up in other trees!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sycamore had a large hole where the branch joined the main stem which was over the path. Rather than fell the whole stem we just reduced some of the branches to take the weight out of it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is one we will continue to monitor. It's quite a bit away from the path but it has 2 fungal infections - the black stuff is Kretschmaria deusta and the fruiting bodies beneath are a type of Ganoderma. They might not mean immediate failure of the tree but we have made a note of them and will continue to look for signs in the tree such as crown vigour to indicate it's health </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This tree at Ettrick Willows had blown over the boardwalk and was very unstable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But it was quite straight forward to make it safe with the chainsaw. We left all the wood we felled on site. Dead wood is an incredibly important habitat which we are seeing less and less of due to the 'tidying' of woodlands and increase in removal for firewood. It's so important to leave at least as much as you take.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a lovely old Rowan at Ettrick Marshes. This is one we will also continue to monitor. It looked in fairly good health but it would be useful to assess it in full leaf.</td></tr>
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If you want to know more about tree safety surveying have a look at this document <a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/PDF/FCMS025.pdf/$FILE/FCMS025.pdf">http://www.forestry.gov.uk/PDF/FCMS025.pdf/$FILE/FCMS025.pdf</a>. It gives some really good guidance using a good old helping of common sense!</div>
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Site OfficerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-19323180626272109722016-02-16T08:17:00.002-08:002016-02-16T08:17:45.495-08:00Junior Rangers back out and aboutJunior Rangers had their first session of 2016 last Saturday with the task of tree planting in Coreknowe. Here we are creating a small area of young native woodland just by the Devil's Beef Tub. <br />
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This time we were accompanied by a film crew, making a film to celebrate Borders Forest Trusts 20th anniversary, which will be shown in the Scottish Parliament on the 2nd March. <br />
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I was worried no one would want to talk to the camera, but instead there was a queue of those eager to share their experience as life as a Junior Ranger!<br />
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We were doing what is called 'beating up' - that is replacing any trees that didn't survive, in an area previously planted.<br />
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Volunteers had already been through and angled the tree tubes where a new tree was required. So all we had to do was find the angled tubes, plant a tree and replace the tree guard. We were planting Rowan and Birch and we planted 70 trees that day.<br />
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<br />borders forest trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13242760475456755879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-77054362032208359432016-02-11T03:03:00.001-08:002016-02-11T03:07:57.119-08:00Sharing Skills for Outdoor Learning We now have a varied programme of outdoor learning at Corehead Farm, with Adventure clubs, Junior Rangers, School visits and family activities. <br />
Thinking up new activities and ideas to run is a very rewarding challenge! <br />
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Luckily there is a really supportive network of people working in the outdoors, supported by the Forestry Commission called 'Outdoor and Woodland Learning Scotland' or <a href="http://owlscotland.org/" target="_blank">'OWL'</a><br />
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Borders Forest Trust attends local OWL meetings, where there is a chance to share what we are doing with other organisations, learn about new opportunities such as funds or local events and in the afternoon share skills. <br />
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Last week, I was over in Mabie Forest, where we did a spot of winter tree identification<br />
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and had a go at tying some different knots. These techniques will be passed on to Junior Rangers when we come to build our shelters at Corehead! <br />
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Its really inspiring to see what other charities and trusts are up to. Earlier in the year I took a holiday up to <a href="http://www.abriachan.org.uk/" target="_blank">Abriachan</a><a href="http://www.abriachan.org.uk/" target="_blank"> Forest Trust</a>. to attend a weekend OWL event focused on winter skills and mammal tracking.<br />
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As we embark on fund-raising for our log cabin project at Corehead, its interesting to see other buildings and structures used for outdoor learning. <br />
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I learn a range of skills, including making torches, with pine resin and bees wax <br />
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We have a range of activities coming up at Corehead Farm, so do book on and come along to have fun in the outdoors. <br />
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We had a party in December to celebrate all the hard work that has been achieved over the year, look back at all the different activities we did and give out Junior Ranger certificates. There was also the obligatory feasting and chance to play a lot of games! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our creations </td></tr>
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Its been such a great year, thanks to everyone involved for making Junior Rangers such an inspiring group. <br />
<br />
After a break in January, Junior Rangers begins again in February, with more trees to plant, skills to learn and wildlife to look out for.<br />
<br />
Can't wait!<br />
<br />
Ali Murfitt<br />
Community and Education Officer <br />
<br />
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The Borders Tree Planting Grant that was launched on the 29<sup>th</sup>
of April this year has been receiving applications now for over 7 months and
the season for planting trees has finally arrived, and after helping a number
of applicants successfully access grant funding for their small woodland planting
projects (less than 0.25 hectares) the planting of trees that have been funded
by the grant is under way. We have had wide range of applications from right
across the Borders including schools, community groups, farmers and private
land owners. The community group at March Wood were granted funding to plant 33
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March Wood is a community woodland in the Yarrow Valley
sitting on west the bank of St Mary’s loch and stretching along the fringe of
Bowerhope Law and located along the Southern Upland Way. The woodland is shown
on one of the earliest maps of Scotland, is situated where the old road from
Selkirk to Moffat once was and may be a remnant of the ancient royal hunting
ground – the Ettrick Forest. March Wood consists of mainly mature trees and is
currently grazed by sheep and cattle throughout the year. This grazing by
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On a wet and windy day by the banks of St Mary’s Loch I met
with the volunteers from March Wood who had all the trees (Alder, Sessile Oak
and Scot’s Pine) and protection ready for the arrival of Yarrow Primary School.
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When we made it across to March Wood we gathered around a
board that was erected in 1997. The board listed the names of children who
planted trees in March Wood 18 years ago who were also from the Yarrow Primary
school. The pupils recognised most of the names as adults they now knew in the
valley, and when they were able to see the size of the trees that had been
planted they were really impressed and were looking forward to coming back in
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After we had a good talk about the benefits of trees and the
reasons planting trees is a good thing the young planters were given a tree
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They separated into four groups of 4 and each team worked
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All of the groups worked very well together and shared out
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A special thank you to all the
children from Yarrow Primary school for helping to plant the trees at March
Wood and the team of volunteers ably coordinated by Frank Harkness we look
forward to welcoming you back in 18 years to check on the progress of the trees
you planted.</div>
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The Borders Tree Planting Grant is
available <span style="background: white;">to any organisation or individual that
can suggest a planting project less than 0.25ha that will enhance the landscape
and biodiversity of the Borders and make a contribution to improved public
amenity. Funding of up to £1000 is available per applicant per year and the
grant will be running until April 2018. For further information and to access
application forms and guidance documents please visit our website; </span><a href="http://www.bordersforesttrust.org/borders-tree-planting-grant/"><span style="background: white;">http://www.bordersforesttrust.org/borders-tree-planting-grant/</span></a><span style="background: white;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Alternatively
you can also send an email to </span><a href="mailto:alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org"><span style="background: white;">alasdair@bordersforesttrust.org</span></a><span style="background: white;"> or call the Borders Forest Trust Office on 01835
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The Borders Tree Planting Grant
project is part funded by Forestry Commission Scotland, Woodland Trust
Scotland, Scottish Borders Council and Fallago Environment Fund and is
administered by both myself here at the Borders Forest Trust and my colleagues
at Tweed Forum.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's been all over the news of late and we've certainly had our fair share in southern Scotland. Overall 2015 was quite wet to say the least. We had a lot of rain throughout the year and with only a brief respite late summer-early autumn, the ground has become very waterlogged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">But then came Storm Frank on Wednesday 30th December. The forecast for Moffat was looking something like this.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and all the weather watchers out there were predicting flash flooding and they certainly got it right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The main roads in and out of Moffat were closed with a few brave souls attempting to push through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The road out to Corehead was badly flooded in places with surface run off of water and debris making some parts difficult to cross. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The site itself was cut off with the main bridge at Ericstance under water! The main road between Selkirk and Moffat was closed because of a landslide. It was all happening that day.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And the aftermath? That's what we've been assessing over the last few days. All seems fine at Talla and Gameshope and Carrifran. There has been some damage to the fence at <a href="http://bordersforesttrust.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/trees-at-talla-bank.html">Talla Bank</a> which we're looking into. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And at Corehead we definitely have some work to do. The burns have been doing what burns naturally do when they have lots of water in them - erode some new sections and carry and deposit debris in others.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The burn carving a new route with large amounts of newly deposited stone on the other side</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We've had a number of water gates that have been damaged or even washed away so we're starting to make some repairs to ensure our tree plantations are kept safe from grazing sheep. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And those that survived tell the tale of just how fast and high the water was. This will now need cleared of vegetation to avoid it being washed away if the water levels rise again</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">But in the larger picture, we've probably not come off too badly. We are at the head of the catchment so we only experience the start of what can cause much more damage downstream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And it has emphasised even more the importance of the work we are doing. Planting trees and re-establishing a better vegetation cover on the bare hills will be the best future flood defence for not just our sites, but other settlements down stream. </span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-34165384520866654412015-12-21T05:37:00.000-08:002015-12-21T05:37:03.279-08:00A wee bit of shelter<div align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So we've all been talking a lot about the weather. For those of you not in the Dumfries and Galloway area - we've had a fair bit of rain. In fact a lot of rain. Really it rains pretty much all of the time and has done for the last couple of months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">But that hasn't deterred our Corehead volunteer team from tackling a new project - starting the clearance of our shelterbelts. When we purchased Corehead in 2009, we did inherit some trees but they were in the form of mostly non-native conifers such as Larch and Sitka Spruce and were planted in 4 shelterbelts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">A shelterbelt is a group of trees often planted to give (you guessed it!) shelter! The trees would give some protection from harsh weather conditions and on farms it is often a place where stock can gather for shelter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had hoped to tackle these earlier but are currently working on a plan to address how best to go about this - it all takes time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the meantime we have started to do some small scale clearance of windblown trees in InBye Wood. This is the easiest of all our shelterbelts to access and really was in a bit of a mess with access difficult making it all rather unsafe!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's trees like this that we've been tackling. Cue the embarrassing stuck chainsaw picture!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We decided to clear up as much as possible. Whilst it's not a great thing to talk about 'tidying' a woodland ('untidy' woodlands are often the most diverse) we agreed that doing some clearance so that we could at least move around in there would be a good start. We agreed to stack any large wood and leave this to decay naturally (most of it was rotten to begin with) and burn any brash on a raised platform to minimise damage to the ground.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our burning platform. Corrugated sheets of iron on some metal field gates set on rolls of old mesh fencing wire.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There is also a fringe of laurel bushes on the northern edge. Laurel is not a shrub we would want to encourage - it can be very invasive and take over large areas - so that was to come out as well. But instead of burning the brash we created piles - did you know laurel leaves have cyanide in them? Not a great idea therefore to burn on the fire and realise into the air for those around to breathe in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have spent around 3 days working in the shelterbelt and it's definitely made a huge difference already. There is still plenty of work to do and, funds permitting, we will look to do more felling (subject to approval from the Forestry Commission and SNH). We are investigating opportunities for selling any wood we take out - much of it is past it's best or too tricky to extract without causing a lot of damage but we are considering all options!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With winter rapidly approaching, it can only mean one thing at Wildwood..... the beginning of planting season. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">We found out during the summer months what species we would have available for planting. This all depends on the variety and quantity of seeds and cuttings that have been collected by volunteers and successfully grown on by <a href="http://www.albatrees.co.uk/">Alba trees</a>, ready for planting this winter. We were also expecting a delivery of Aspen from <a href="http://www.cheviot-trees.co.uk/">Cheviot trees</a> and we always have a number of volunteers who grow small numbers of trees - we never know exactly what or how many but these make a welcome addition to our overall species mix and total. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">We arranged for delivery a few Tuesdays ago and with various lorries and cars all arriving within an hour of each other, the process ran rather smoothly! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">We managed to offload everything into the car park before starting the sorting process. Although as seasoned volunteer and expert tree planter Les said 'it's always intimidating when the trees arrive'. Very true words - there seemed to be so many of them!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Once we know stock availability, we put together a site planting plan based on species suitability and areas we identify as needing more trees. This is always subject to change but gives us a good idea beforehand of what trees need to go where and helps to arrange drop offs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">So what's the running total? Well this winter we have approximately 6,477 trees, of which around 5,472 we'll try and plant with our volunteers. The remainder is for our annual spring High Camp. Later in the winter/early spring we are expecting another delivery with even more trees but we'll cross that bridge when we're ready too (that's a whole other blog post!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">We're planting in a range of places across the valley including (ref. <a href="http://www.carrifran.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/carrifran-_map_for_website_09_dec_11.pdf">map</a>) some high spots at the back and in Rispie Lairs, but also low down as well. And this year we have a nice mix including; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Downy willow <em>Salix lapponum </em>(high planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Tea leaved willow <em>Salix phylicifolia </em>(high planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Dark leaved willow <em>Salix myrsinifolia </em>(high planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Juniper <em>Juniperus communis </em>(high planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Downy birch <em>Betula pubescens </em>(low planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Wych elm <em>Ulmus glabra </em>(low planting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">And how have things gone to date? Well the season started off well with sun, sun and more sun! Volunteers were spotted sunbathing during breaks and whilst the planting ground was tough going, the weather was fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Well that was never going to last.....</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had to abandon ship as the burn was rising fast and we had to cross it!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Since then we've had 3 wet Tuesdays in a row culminating in today where we've had to cancel due to bad conditions. But the volunteers have put in a superb effort so far with 1,925 trees already in the ground. The big question now is when will the snow come.... Watch this space</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Lynn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">P.S. Many thanks to Robin Sloan and Philip Ashmole for sharing pictures</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3389677403170051773.post-39934927484527414782015-11-27T04:29:00.003-08:002015-11-27T04:31:45.126-08:00Winter Tree Identification - Rural skills workshop Last weekend, when the sky was blue and the ground crunchy, we headed up into the young native woodland at Corehead to learn how to identify the different trees.<br />
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Emilie Wadsworth was our guide, pointing out the different features to look for. When the trees are as young as ours, knowing different tree buds is key. Like with so many things, when you stop to look at the detail, you realise the beauty in what once you just walked past. Tree buds are no exception.<br />
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A favourite of mine are the purple buds of Alder. This tree also has other good clues, being the only broadleaved tree in the UK to have cones. <br />
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Ash is an easy one with its distinctive large black buds which are arranged opposite each other. Ash branches curve upwards, a shape easy to spot even from a distance. It has very smooth grey bark (when young).<br />
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Hazel has a zig zag appearance to its twigs and its buds have green/red scales. <br />
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Rowan has grey/purplish buds which are distinctively downy.<br />
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It was hungry work and we settled down on bags of tree tubes, (removed previously by Junior Rangers and Corehead Volunteers!) for a snack.<br />
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... then the obligatory adventure to see the old wizened Ash in the gully.<br />
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and finally home, pausing to admire a defiant buttercup in the snow<br />
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That's our last workshop of the year (Volunteering will still continue as normal!) , look out for more events and activities in the New Year/Spring <br />
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