Trevor Carbin

Wiltshire Councillor for Atworth, Holt and Staverton. Learn more

Staverton reed beds project

by trevorcarbin on 6 November, 2017

The work to tidy up the Reed Bed area on Thestfield Drive went ahead on October 31st.  Wiltshire Wildlife Trust managed to clear and open most of one side and cut back all around the site.

The team took down some willows and identified others that could come down.

They also came across one of the inlet pipes and took down a willow blocking the pipe – followed by pulling a mat of about 20 foot of root and soil that had obviously blocked the pipe in total. Before they did this nothing was flowing but afterwards the pipe flowed freely with a strong current.

The area had previously been neglected by Wiltshire Council.

 

Pictures: above before below after

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