Coppicing work with BTCV is continuing in one of our wooded areas. Most of the trees being felled will re-grow from their stump but some like this Scots pine will not. They provide rapid growth and as evergreens are good windbreaks but they shade out other trees and suppress the growth of many flower species. Not all are taken out in any one area.

The main trunks and thicker branches become firewood whilst the smaller branches and twigs, or brashwood, is piled into compact heaps to provide wildlife habitats.

Additional volunteers came from Lancaster University and Lancaster Royal Grammar School sixth form to help out which enabled us to clear a larger area.