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Telegraph Hill, Hilfield: habitat enhancement for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly

Telegraph Hill below the Lyons Gate to Batcombe road

This is the fifth of the six sites we will be working on in this exciting new project funded through the Dorset AONB with a FIPL grant.

Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland, scrub management

Broadcroft Quarry Portland

We are aiming to burn up the accumulated brash as part of our ongoing battle with the clematis, Buddleia and bramble that threatens to envelop this reserve!

Woodland glade maintenance and hazel coppicing at Monmouth Hill, Milton Abbas - volunteer workday.

Monmouth Hill near Milton Abbas

This had been an open grassland area for hundreds of years but had become scrubbed over and the grass very rank. 

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

Grass cutting below Combe Hill Wood, nr Street

Combe Hill Wood, nr Street

Our annual visit to this lovely site in the Polden Hills. Our task will be to clear the grassland areas with brushcutters and remove the arisings.

Langford Valley nr Stratton/Grimstone - Duke of Burgundy habitat enhancement work

Our final site for the Duke of Burgundy habitat project - further details to follow.

Woodland glade maintenance and hazel coppicing at Monmouth Hill, Milton Abbas - volunteer workday.

Monmouth Hill near Milton Abbas

This had been an open grassland area for hundreds of years but had become scrubbed over and the grass very rank.

Scrub clearing on the slopes below Lyme Regis to improve the habitat for the Wood White butterfly colony there

Lyme Regis - the Charmouth Rd carpark

The plan is to clear as much of the invasive scrub as we can, to open up the habitat for the butterflies and their larval foodplants (vetches).