Scrub clearance at Erddig on Sunday 30th July 2023

Four of us joined the Merseyside group for a day of scrub clearance at Erddig on Sunday 30th July.

It was a lovely dry day and there was plenty of ragwort to pull by the river but not much himalayan balsam.  In some places the ragwort was very tall!

Ragwort before clearance

Ragwort after clearance

Very tall Ragwort!

Ragwort by the riverbank

Moving along the riverbank we found areas where the scrub was more densly populated to had to use slashers.

Slashing scrub

We also worked on an area further down the river that had become very overgrown, photos below shows us working with the Merseyside Group.

We ended the day early due to not having any more scrub to clear.  All in all it was a good day out and it was nice to meet the Merseyside volunteers again.

Denise, Workside leader