However, work has started to improve the footpaths around the Tolworth Brook wood area, to make this a safer area to walk and to improve the habitat for wildlife. Not only have the paths been widened by cutting back blackthorn, brambles and other vegetation, but several small sycamore saplings were removed to allow more light to reach the ground, which hopefully will result in a more diverse ground flora in the spring. This will also allow other species, such as oak and ash to grow. While there's already quite a lot of valuable dead wood, the cut vegetation was used to create additional habitat piles for small mammals and insects. The wood contains a good selection of species, including oak, ash, willow, yew, rowen, hawthorn, blackthorn, holly. It will be good to return over the months to see what other species we can find.
Join us again on October 9th 10-1 to continue this important project. Meet at the Raeburn Avenue/Meldone Close car park.
The usual suspects! Some of our Richmond staff and volunteers get to work in Surbiton.
By improving access and visibility, it is hoped that more people will take the circular route through the Tolworth Brook woods. Though let's hope this doesn't lead to even more dog poo to avoid.
It was just too wet to take before photos, but all of a sudden, the footpath is opened up.
A couple of sycamore saplings were removed to reveal a path.
Where previously there was impenetrable hawthorn, now there's a path.
The heavy rain turned Tolworth Brook into a raging torrent, well almost ...
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