Tag Archives: wildlife

Last workday for 2022

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Well, we finally got here! Lots of things learnt or re-learnt over the year as we try to keep the three pillars of what we do equally balanced. A path for everyone A nature trail for wildlife A safe place … Continue reading →

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Another chilly one…

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Bloomin’ heck!! Another absolutely freezing day today. However, after the first half hour we were starting to get a little warm under the collar!! As stated in last week’s blog, there is an abandoned bench somewhere at the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Thank goodness for hot coffee!!

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Has Winter started? I never know if it’s the 1st or 21st of December… But whichever way you look at it, it was a cold day today… We made superb progress today and have the whole of the southern part … Continue reading →

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Finally moving on…

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It feels like we’ve been stuck on this section for an eternity! Today we got to the point where we are able to move to the next section… We did a last brush cut of the cleared higher path and … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Bank

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

More work on the butterfly bank today. It’s looking good as far as I can tell… It needs to be sheltered grassland habitat so the scrub on the side will act as a barrier and the dead-hedge at the top … Continue reading →

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Look what I discovered!

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

More work on the butterfly clearing. Where we started clearing last week, we have nettles popping up!! What we want is grasses and kidney vetch wildflowers. It’s early days and there is still a load of scrub to clear. It’s … Continue reading →

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Do We Actually Know What We Are Doing?

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This time of year probably makes people think that we don’t. It’s all very much work in progress and does look very messy. However, there is method in our madness. The path becomes a quagmire where it’s in cutting over … Continue reading →

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Saturday Scallops

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Our first weekender for a while and we are back at the bit south of Cawston Bridleway bridge. The path runs in a roughly south-westerly direction so the edge of the path is never going to get full sun, unless … Continue reading →

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Ahead of Plan

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We made great progress today, and the next one is our weekender (Sat 15th 10-to-12). A speeded up clip of where we got to… Next one is either carrying on clearing the easterly side to the bridge, or come back … Continue reading →

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The Clearing Out Has Begun

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s that time of the year again, probably a few weeks late, but everything that grew over the summer is spent, seeds dropped and needs to be cleared and stacked away from the area. The reason why we need to … Continue reading →