Beautiful Bickerton in the sun

We had planned to visit Helsby Hill, and spend a day working with the Merseyside group, however when I checked with Dave the warden it turned out he though we were coming to Bickerton, where he had more work. So we spent the day there working with the Chester group instead.

The work was continuing a task that had been started some time previously by contractors - they had removing birch woodland to open up the heathland to a point where it can be maintained for the future by grazing - we were clearing the last few trees. Some trees had to be left to provide variety and habitat. To get an idea of the area that has been cleared - there are two volunteers in the photo working at the edge of the woodline, if you double click on the photo and know where to look they are 2-5 pixels high!!