Habitat management work began in the spring of 2023.

As a starting point for our habitat management plans to improve the site for biodiversity, we have begun a programme of species monitoring 

What are our future plans?

• Create access into the site to allow habitat management work to be carried out

• Create and maintain a network of paths which provide access for conservation and monitoring work 

• Install pedestrian gate 

• Secure boundary with post & wire fencing as necessary

• Appropriate management of existing hedgerow to maintain dense hedge from the base, providing suitable nesting and sheltering sites for birds, and a wildlife corridor for mammals 

• Selective thinning or coppicing to let in light and encourage trees to regenerate, creating a succession of heights and maturity, to benefit wildlife 

• Cut areas of scrub on a rotational basis to maintain scrub habitat

  
  

• Dispose of any historical fly-tipping waste

• Remove debris and overgrown vegetation from pools with guidance from Norfolk Pond Project

• Removal of garden escapes    

• Improve/maintain ditches between pools to encourage water flow and create appropriate habitat

• Selective felling/pruning of trees over ponds to allow light to penetrate, with guidance from Norfolk Pond Project

• Create log piles from felling/coppicing to provide habitat for invertebrates

• Other felled or sawn branches to be left in situ to encourage fungi and invertebrates

• Selective ivy control/removal 

• Erect bird and bat boxes as appropriate

• Consider potential SuDs (sustainable drainage systems) to manage road runoff to protect the water bodies from pollution

• Erect relevant interpretive signage, subject to funding and any approvals 

• Continue species monitoring