Here’s how we restored and recreated a traditional Devon hedge-bank on our LLP land.
The Lennon Legacy Project (LLP) – known as ‘Barn Owl Heaven’ – is our nature reserve managed for Barn Owls on the edge of Dartmoor.
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- Spoil from nearby pond excavation was laid along the old hedgebank line.
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- ‘Banking-up’ started in early January 2008.
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- Turf was removed from one side…
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- …then the other…
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- …and the bank was turf-faced.
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- The banking-up was nearly finished by the end of January 2008.
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- Our contractor started the fencing in March 2008.
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- The posts were laid out…
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- …and were in place by the end of April.
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- Stock-proof wire fencing was next.
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- The bank was planted up with hedgerow tree whips.
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- It was all finished by May 2008.
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- By summer 2009 wild flowers were well estabished.
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- This is how it looked at 2 years old (spring 2010).
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- Autumn 2011. Amazingly, every one of the young ‘whips’ had survived.
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- Seven years old (winter 2014/15)