General outlook


Wurthymp Wood is a 17 acre / 6.9 hectare plot, divested from a mixed woodland 30 acre farmland project planted by others in 2006.

From 2014 it has stood as a stand-alone woodland conservation project in a wider landscape mosaic.
The woodland is privately owned and funded and is run on a break-even sustainable basis, resources are shared with the Meadowcopse Orchard Project a few miles to the north.

The primary objectives are mixed:-
a, Wildlife habitat conservation (trees, grassland and ponds).
b, Rotational coppice woodland management (thinning, regeneration, rural craft materials and firewood).
c, Selective long-term forestry tree management (coppice with selected standard trees left long-term).
d, Community, education & research engagement, (the promotion and understanding of wildlife & sustainable conservation in a wider landscape context).

Monday, 28 December 2015

2015

Acquisition preliminaries and paperwork finalised towards the end of 2014, with 2015 mainly a year of observation and contemplation.

Stock proof fencing put in boundary gaps with the neighbour, some trimming, thinning and coppicing along the footpath to maintain a clear line of sight.
A preliminary woodland management plan on the drawing board, so that a balance can be struck long-term for wildlife conservation and woodland management.
A hay crop off the open grassland for the neighbour.

Generally, getting a feel for the plot, the overall nature of the place...
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