Posts Tagged ‘brackencontrol’
Improving Access at High House Waste
High House Waste is the largest land holding owned by the DPA and it requires year round work to care for the special species and important archaeology on site. Thirteen volunteers joined us for our most recent workday, including Cornwood locals and two brand new faces. The team was also joined by our Ecologist, Albert…
Read MoreUncovering Bronze Age Archaeology at Hound Tor
Previous volunteer workdays on the Hound Tor 2 site have focused on strimming bracken and brambles, plus cutting encroaching gorse from the Bronze Age and Medieval archaeology. Our most recent workday, the last one before our pause during nesting season, aimed to rake and gather up all the dead vegetation. DPA Conservation Volunteers removed many…
Read MorePudsham Bracken Cut
This week was our annual bracken cut on DPA owned land at Pudsham Meadows. Using both strimmers and hand operated scythes, DPA conservation volunteers cut back bracken growth in our four fields: Pudsham Meadow, Goat Field, Small Field and Sylvia’s Field. The entire site consists of these four fields plus several small shelterbelt areas filled…
Read MoreSharpitor Bracken Management
On the 23rd of July DPA Conservation Volunteers returned to a site on the slope below Sharpitor in order to carry out their annual bracken management. This site has been a focus for many years and the difference in bracken beyond the management site is noticeable. It’s important to control the growth of bracken in…
Read MoreBracken Control at Buckland Common
On the 1st July, the DPA Volunteers were aided in continuing bracken clearance at Buckland Common Bronze Age Settlement by a group from National Highways in Exeter. Dartmoor contains 10% of Europe’s Bronze Age remains and many of these sites are becoming smothered in gorse and bracken because of changes in land management. As a…
Read MoreBracken cutting at Pudsham
Our conservation volunteers recently spent the day cutting bracken at Pudsham Meadows. It is important to check the growth of bracken, as it can grow so vigorously that it smothers other plants and reduces the variety of vegetation. Pudsham Meadows is managed for biodiversity, part of which includes cutting back the bracken so that slower…
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