OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
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September 2019 produced very welcome rainfall mostly in the form of erratic showers and sunny intervals with morning and evening temperatures gradually falling with the lengthening nights.
Rainfall provided the land and wildlife with essential moisture and encouraged late growth, important for hibernating small mammals, amphibians and insects such as butterflies.
Over September many flowers and grasses had already gone to seed but showers meant that some growth of grasses and wild flowers was extended:
Flowering plants of the Asteraceae family together with several
other grass and flowering species flourish as a green sward even
in autumn, benefitting insects, birds and mammals. Mowing, cutting,
or treating this would destroy all species and leave the ground either
as dry brown cracked mud or washed away into the river.
The wind and the rain in the early morning of our scheduled meet on 29th September 2019 and the poor forecast of driving continuous rain meant a last-minute plan had to be made to postpone our meet.
Nevertheless work continued where possible throughout the days to come, with much work already achieved over previous weeks
Hopefully the weather on our next meet, on 27th October 2019 will allow work to take place as scheduled.
