Nick Carter, Conservation Officer (Fens)
Fen Group has just stopped work for the winter on the
Methwold site. The fine weather since they started in mid-August has meant they
have made good progress excavating the perimeter ditch and bank, completing 700m
in 2
and a half months. Work has to cease over the winter as the excavated
banks are likely to erode if not covered in vegetation and temperatures will be
too cold to establish a grass cover. It is hoped that Fen Group will start
again in the spring as long as the winter is not too wet. Over the winter they
will be constructing the water control structures that will be incorporated
into the build. |
| Drilling the embankment |
In addition to this work, some trees have had to be removed
to enable the construction of the perimeter bank and three outlying badger
setts had to be fenced off, under licence. The main sett has been unaffected by
the works.
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| Volunteers from Centrica this week |
Further tree removal will be carried out over the winter to
allow completion of the perimeter ditch and bank next year. Some tree and hedge
planting was carried out by a corporate work party from Centrica – more about
this in a future blog – and eventually a
screen of bushes will be planted around the edges of the site to maintain the
visual landscape features of this area of the Fens.
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