Author Archives: Paul - Cawston Greenway

About Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just trying to create a slice of wildlife and a place for people to chill out and meet new friends in this crazy world that we live in.

Scallop Management

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I have been banging on about “scallops” for ages now. I revisited my woodland management guides and when they talk about scallops along a path edge, they are talking about 50 metres in length and 15 metres deep. I think … Continue reading →

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A Window Of Sunshine Between Days Of Rain

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It really seems to have been raining non-stop for ages. Silly me left my wellies out in the garden and I could literally pour water out of them yesterday when I realised. I was dreading the soaking that we were … Continue reading →

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Jaguar Land Rover Day

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had another team from the world-famous Jaguar Land Rover this week. Their task was to clear the scrub between the underpass and Berrybanks. It was, unfortunately, a bit of a wet day, but they cracked on regardless. They installed … Continue reading →

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Scallops and Stuff

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us wildlife warriors met up today and pushed on with the path on the slightly higher ground, ready for when the main path becomes a mudbath in winter, and we also continued to scallop the path edges. The … Continue reading →

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A Surprise But Very Welcome Visit

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us wildlife warriors made it today so we were able to split up a bit with four going northwards and me and Steve going southwards. We had got towards the end of our run when I noticed this … Continue reading →

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A Bench With A View…

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A bit of an odd one today where we kinda went sideways, as well as lengthways, along the path. Our first job was to give the Brook View bench an actual view of the brook. It’s quite hard to make … Continue reading →

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Let the adventure begin…

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us met up at the Potford Dam end and started to shape and mould the path like a fine sculpture. We have twists and turns, kinks and corners, and best of all, we have scallops. We’re getting behind … Continue reading →

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Thank You, George.

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week is the last week of the school summer holidays and also the last week that George is with us for his six-month Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. It’s been great having you on the team, George, and your … Continue reading →

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Time to Visit the September Jobs List

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have one last week until the birdnesting season ends and we can visit our list of jobs to do (top right of menu bar) over autumn and winter. Six of us made it today and trimmed the path back … Continue reading →

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Forest School Area

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Hopefully, this will be the last session down this end for a couple of weeks. I for one tend to get itchy feet when we are committing a lot of our time in a single place. Six of us met … Continue reading →