Location: east from a clearing on the main northside path east of Boardstown Bridge, then down through a winding woodland path that leads to the canal bank behind the ruined cottage
Species: Green-veined White, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Peacock, Silver-washed Fritillary, Speckled Wood
Tasks:
1. Cut back and trample bracken, brambles, dog rose and gorse.
2. Prune tree branches and cut tree saplings (ash, blackthorn, hawthorn) on path.
3. Prune out trees to enable holly to spread. (This was done in the week before the start of the official nesting season for birds.)
Details:
Clear path of bracken, brambles, dog rose and gorse with shears or sickle.
Clear path of new tree growth. As this is the nesting season for birds, this can only involve saplings growing on the path and the ends of small branches growing onto the path.
Equipment: Long-handled shears, pruning saw, sickle, work gloves, goggles
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