Last week our team of staff and volunteers headed out of the valley and over to Leven Carrs (just
outside Beverley), to help undertake some more work on this wetland re-creation
scheme with land owners, Albanwise. This is a fantastic project covering a
huge area and is a site we’ve been involved in helping to restore and enhance
for a number of years – having brought over green hay and seeds harvested from
the valley to help boost the grassland restoration project. This time the
team were helping to fence off the water control structures on the site, to
prevent cattle from trampling, blocking or damaging the structures designed to
retain and raise water levels on the site. The management of the water
levels certainly seems to be working, whilst there the team were treated to
views of wintering ducks, herons, egrets and an impressive 150 Mute
Swans. Barn Owls, Peregrines and Marsh Harriers were also seen hunting
over the site whilst wintering Stonechats flitted along the fence lines.
Following on from our first visit, we returned again on our last
two Thursday volunteer tasks, with the aim of constructing amphibian
ladders/ramps in the sluice chambers, to help frogs, toads and newts escape
upon falling in to the chamber. Another great job by the team – many thanks to
everyone for making the extra-long journey to help out.
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