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EuCAN is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working in the UK and other countries of Europe to involve more people and communities in the conservation management of their local environment, by providing training and practical experience for young graduates, potential volunteers and contractors and therapeutic groups, in nature conservation and in sustainable land management.
Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster - habitat management
Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster
This will be the first of our three visits to this beautiful site this season
Read more >Telegraph Hill, Hilfield: habitat enhancement for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly
Telegraph Hill below the Lyons Gate to Batcombe road
This is the fourth of the five sites we will be working on in this exciting new project funded through the Dorset AONB with a FIPL grant.
Read more >Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland, scrub management
Broadcroft Quarry Portland
Continuing our ongoing battle with the clematis, Buddleia and bramble that threatens to envelop this reserve! There is also plenty of burning up to do if the conditions are right!
Read more >Horsehill Coppice EuCAN Somerset Volunteers task
beside Downclose Lane - off the A3066 Crewkerne to North Perrott road
Our task today will be to help the Somerset Wildlife Trust reduce the invasive Wilson's Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida) originally planted as a pheasant cover, now hugely destructive.
Read more >Cutting scrub to recover the flower-rich grassland at Curtis Fields SNCI in Weymouth
Curtis Fields SNCI Weymouth
we will be working with the EuCAN Dorset Midweek Vounteers, cutting out some new areas in the scrub and burning if conditions permit.
Read more >Telegraph Hill, Hilfield: habitat enhancement for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly
Telegraph Hill below the Lyons Gate to Batcombe road
This is the fourth of the five sites we will be working on in this exciting new project funded through the Dorset AONB with a FIPL grant.
Read more >Silklake Quarry, Bumpers Lane Portland - Wildflower management and weed control
Silklake Quarry is accessed off Wakeham outside Easton and lies behind the Bumpers Lane Housing development
Today EuCAN and Butterfly Conservation volunteers will be working on the areas of Silklake Quarry behind the Bumpers Lane development that have been reseeded with local wildflower seed. And continuing to wage war on the Clematis and Buddleia!
Read more >Tree planting near Winsham
Read more >France Quarry, the Grove, Portland: scrub cutting and other habitat improvement
France Quarry, the Grove, Portland
This is a very valuable site that is in desperate need to work to prevent it from being overgrown by bramble and thorn scrub
Read more >Habitat management at Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Barrington Hill National Nature Reserve
There will be plenty of routine maintenance tasks to do - clearing the paths, repairing fences, the annual brushcutting round the ponds etc
Read more >Habitat management at Hardington Moor NNR, West Coker - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Hardington Moor National Nature Reserve nr West Coker
We have a lot of burning up to do from our visit here in December, as well as further brushcutting in the bottom field.
Read more >Habitat management at Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Barrington Hill National Nature Reserve
There will be plenty of routine maintenance tasks to do - clearing the paths, repairing fences, some brushcutting etc.
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