Wild Ipswich
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@WildIpswich
By 2050 Ipswich will be a nature-rich town that puts wildlife at its heart and on our doorsteps, giving everyone the opportunity to experience the joy of nature
Yesterday's volunteer session - clearing accumulated rubbish from parts of the Bobbits Lane Meadows Local Nature Reserve, near Alderlee, & clearing pavements beside the site!! Three pickup truck loads of rubbish removed! @IpswichGov @BaberghDistrict @WildIpswich @UKrubbishwalks
Processing and bundling beanpoles and other woodland produce in Spring Wood today with the Friends of Belstead Brook Park. A wonderful morning in beautiful surroundings! @IpswichGov @BaberghDistrict #volunteers #nature #beanpole #wood #woodlandproduce @WildIpswich
Another successful volunteer session at Alderman Canal - a new stag beetle habitat pile installed, new boardwalk edging & the inevitable litter picking! @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers #naturereserve #litter #rivergipping #stagbeetle
Distant photo of volunteers doing the work of grazing animals!! Reducing the dominance of gorse, allowing heather & acid grassland heathland habitats to thrive, during yesterday's bash at Martlesham Common Local Nature Reserve. @EastSuffolk @IpswichGov @WildIpswich @MartleshamUK
A load of lovely organic mushroom compost from the Organic Mushroom Company at Capel, put on the vegetable beds @BeechesCP today, to add nutrient but stifle weeds over winter! @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #organicgrowing #compost #vegetablegrowing #mushroomcompost #volunteers
Coppicing at Burnet Meadow nature reserve this week, maintaining dense young woodland for dormice and many other species. Woodland produce including firewood, beanpoles, peasticks, hedge laying stakes & more! @BaberghDistrict @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #coppice #woodlandmanagement
Path clearing and looking after the fruit trees at Alderman Canal this morning. Suffolk apple varieties from the East Anglian Apples and Orchards Project, establishing well despite being attacked by rabbits and vandals!! @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #localfruit #naturereserve
Pond restoration work this week in Bobbits Lane Meadows in Belstead Brook Park - removing reedmace & recreating areas of open water to favour different species of plants, invertebrates, amphibians & birds. @BaberghDistrict @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #wetland #pond #pondmanagement
Sunday's volunteer work party in Spring Wood and Millennium Wood - coppicing to diversify the structure of the woodland and dead hedging to create linear habitats and limit access to sensitive areas. @IpswichGov @BaberghDistrict #volunteers #woodland @WildIpswich #coppicing
Finishing touches to The Bug Bench at The Beeches school in Whitton today , including lovely dead wood information sign. New veg garden beds weeded ready to receive layer of organic mushroom compost! @IpswichGov #localwood #bugbench #deadwood @WildIpswich #wildlifegarden #bugs
Today's coppicing & dead-hedging in Kiln Meadow, beside Spring Wood. Still weirdly warm, but a heavy rain shower made it feel a bit more autumnal! Opening up an east-west ride to benefit butterflies & other invertebrates. @BaberghDistrict @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers
Saturday's River work party included boardwalk repairs alongside path clearing and the inevitable litter picking, at Alderman Canal Local Nature Reserve. @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers #pathwork #boardwalk #naturereserve
Making hay while the sun shone yesterday - didn't expect to say that in mid-October!! Annual mow & rake of grassland at Belstead Meadows for @suffolkcc Hot work for our volunteers! @WildIpswich @IpswichGov @BaberghDistrict #volunteers #grasslandmanagement
Replacing and repairing boardwalks at Alderman Canal Local Nature Reserve today, along with mowing and raking the wildflower bank along the River Orwell at West End Road. @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers #boardwalk #pathwork #wildflowergrassland
More meadow management today - dry grassland, wet fen and reedbed at Mill Stream LNR, for @EastSuffolk and Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council. Plenty of 'sanctuary' areas left for invertebrates and amphibians! @WildIpswich #meadow #wildlife #volunteers #habitatmanagement
Loads more pine boards planked by our mobile Lucas sawmill to be made into bird and bat boxes for @suffolkwildlife Timber thanks to @NT_SuttonHoo - we're milling some wood for the site & taking some in return! Proper local sustainable partnership! @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #wood
Last week's work for Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council - mowing & raking the new Wildlife Area on Woodbridge Road, and constructing a silt trap in The Limes Pond (making use of the low water level!). @EastSuffolk @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #wildflowers #volunteers #pond #pondwork
The Greenways wildflower mowing circus moved on to Netley Close in south-west Ipswich today! Some areas of grass left as refuge for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians & overwintering invertebrates. @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers #meadow #grassland #wildlife #conservation
Clearing invasive Canadian pondweed this morning from The Limes Pond in Rushmere St Andrew - along with litter etc! Followed by mowing & raking at Mill Stream LNR also in Rushmere. @EastSuffolk @IpswichGov @WildIpswich #volunteers #pond #meadow #wildlife #conservation
