Woodland Meetings
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Glasfryn, Pwllhelli – North Wales Division
A visit to Glasfryn, Pwllhelli privately owned fencing and sawmill. Timbers are grown within the 300 hectare Glasfryn Forest.
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Friston Forest – South Eastern Division
Kindly hosted by Forestry England. A visit to look at potential restock choices for a water catchment area.
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Longford Estate – Southern Division
A visit to Great Yews SSSI, the most important yew woodland in Europe. Discussing sustainable management, ash dieback, Grim’s Ditch and flint knapping. Kindly hosted by The Earl of Radnor.
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Witherslack Estate – North Western Division
A visit to the Witherslack Estate kindly hosted by Nick Stanley, on the theme of Conservation Grazing.
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Garnons Estate – Herefordshire Division
Tackling Ash Die-Back, harvesting and marketing strategies, grant support and restocking with alternative species. Kindly hosted by Sir Harry Cotterel Bt OBE and Pryor and Rickett Silviculture.
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Woodlands in Central Durham – North Eastern Division
Looking at commercial plantations and Woodland Trust sites, Esh Winning and Croxdale.
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Aveland Trees – Nottingham and Lincolnshire Division
Kindly hosted by Hugh Dorrington. Farm woodland creation and thinning by girdling.
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Oak Silviculture – South Western Division
Growing timber for a sawmill with Mike Gardiner.
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Hockering Wood – East Anglia Division
A visit to Hockering Wood kindly hosted by The Reverend Matthew Hutton.
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Cranborne Estate – Somerset and Dorset Division
Kindly hosted by Gascoyne Cecil Estates. Looking at new coniferous woodland planting, lessons learnt and economics.
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Warburg Nature Reserve and Bix Hall Estate – Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Division
Kindly hosted by BBOWT Nick Evans and Active Woodlands. Impact of Ash Die-back, proactive management of Ash on a mixed estate.
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Thorpe Hall Estate – Yorkshire Division
Different approaches to woodland creation and restoring woodlands in an historic landscape. Kindly hosted by Somerled Macdonald Esq.
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