Posts Tagged ‘gorsecontrol’
Rhododendron Clearance at High House Waste
Continuing work in the Southern Mire, 9 volunteers joined workday leader Kate Wareham for our October workday at High House Waste. The day was still and sunny, with a blue sky that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a summer’s day. Following on from gorse clearance and the opening up of paths achieved during…
Read MoreNew Section of Drake’s Leat Uncovered
With a new volunteer workday leader at the helm, DPA Conservation Volunteers have expanded their work on Drake’s Leat, where it crosses Roborough Common. Stephen Barrow has years of experience leading butterfly workdays on Roborough Common, during which bracken and self-seeded saplings are controlled to maintain habitat for rare fritillary butterflies, and he now brings…
Read MoreCutting the Southern Mire
Conservation work on DPA owned land at High House Waste has now expanded into the Southern Mire, with our volunteers beginning the task of clearing gorse from the mire margins and cutting new access tracks for people and animals. 13 volunteers, including new faces from Cornwood, spent the day working with both hand tools and…
Read MoreClearing the Sayer-Collins Path
As part of our weekend volunteer workday programme, DPA Conservation Volunteers returned to High House Waste on Sunday the 1st of March. The weather was overcast, but this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the team, who set to work clearing invasive gorse from the mire and path close to the Oliver Sayer gate. Oliver Sayer…
Read MoreGorse Clearance at Drake’s Leat
After days of rain, our Conservation Volunteers were delighted to be back out on the land, clearing gorse from the historic Drake’s Leat. Built at the end of the 16th century, Drake’s Leat is a mostly stone-lined watercourse which was dug by hand to transport water 17 miles from Dartmoor to the growing port and…
Read MoreClearing the Medieval Farmstead
The medieval farmstead and newtake wall, which traces the path of a Bronze Age reave, are being cleared of gorse growth on DPA owned land at High House Waste. One boundary wall had gorse cut back two years ago and this was now due for a re-cut. Other stretches of wall had not previously been…
Read MoreBoosting Biodiversity on High House Waste
Following recent advice, the DPA have begun an ambitious land management program to improve biodiversity and wildlife habitat on our land at High House Waste. The site is made up of open moorland, valley mire and Atlantic Oak woodland, plus it has extensive remains of Medieval and Bronze Age archaeology. High House Waste is a…
Read MoreWelcome to Workday Co-ordinator Kate Wareham
We’re delighted to welcome volunteer co-ordinator Kate Wareham, who is taking the lead for our weekend workdays on our land at High House Waste. Kate has volunteered with the DPA conservation team for some time and already knows our land and the rest of our brilliant volunteers well. She’s keen to support us in provide…
Read MoreGorse Control at High House Waste
Our winter programme of habitat maintenance at High House Waste has started with several recent workdays working to clear gorse from the medieval archaeology around ‘the farmstead’. We were joined recently by the Dartmoor Youth Rangers and separately by a small team of volunteers who put in some excellent work revealing the field system walls,…
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