Lyme - 28 March 2010

8 Volunteers turned out for what is likely to be our last visit to Lyme for the moment.

We returned to a site in Lantern wood where have worked in the past - it was originally completely over run with Rhododendron ponticum - which we cleared some years ago. Some of the trees we planted after the initial work have done well - others had succumbed to damage from deer or had been out competed by birch.

We spent most of the day pulling up birch (and cutting it down where it was too big to pull) - to give the oak, ash, and Scots pine saplings a chance. Some of the gaps were filled with new planting.

We finished the day by clearing a small patch of Rhododendron.

The weather was good - with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon - while the woodland sheltered us from the strong breeze.