Howardian Local Nature Reserve Introduction Aerial View & Location Map Habitats Animals Dormice Birds Invertebrates Butterflies Moths Fauna list Plants Orchids Trees/Shrubs Fungi Lichen, Moss & Liverworts Flora list Vistas Slideshows Snowscenes Viewpoints Nature Trail Friends' Group Management History/Archive Useful Information Contact Links Thinning of Trees and Shrubs, Scrub Clearance and Cutting To maintain and further improve the reserve Planting, Hedge Laying, Thinning, Water Management, Path Maintenance, Habitat Improvement and Repairs are undertaken. Scrub clearance ~ 29th Cardiff Scout Group ~ February 2013 29th Cardiff Scout Group clearing brush to help promote Orchid growth Moving cut material for invertebrate habitat Scout group with cleared area in background Twayblades growing in the thinned area Scout group with cleared area in background Preparation for Hedge planting ~ February 2013 To let light through, so a hedge can be laid, woodland at the southern edge of Hammond Way car park was thinned by the Ranger Service, felled material used for habitat augmentation Felling trees and log pile Building Dry Hedge habitat augmentation Clearing self seeded shrubs from scrape bank ~ January 2013 Cardiff Conservation Volunteers clearing scrub Self seed clearance from the scrape ~ May 2012 Friends of Howardian LNR cutting access to the scrape Cutting and removing Completed shrub clearance Opening up the Winter Wetland ~ Winter 2009/10 Wetland after thinning looking East Wetland after thinning looking West Wetland before thinning looking East Wetland after thinning looking East Thinning of trees Sawing base of tree to fell Timber !! Fallen tree Cutting up felled tree Cutting of Orchid Meadow ~ Every Autumn Scrub Clearance North West Corner Before Clearance After Clearance All photographs have been taken on the reserve © Friends of Howardian LNR Back to top