This was our second visit to Jubilee Wood in as many weeks thanks to funding from Kingston Council. Again we were working with our local partners the Lower Mole Countryside Project to finish off the work to restore the bat roost in an World War II pill box, sow a patch of native wildflowers in the meadow, and install new benches. We also wanted to put up a tawny owl box, but due to health and safety concerns involved in climbing a ladder and the lack of a cherry picker, this will have to wait. For now, the bat roost is again ready for bats and a new area of native wildflowers has been sown to improve habitat for butterflies and other insects in the meadow. Later in the year we hope to return to Jubilee Wood to do some bat surveying and hopefully to reinstate the second pond, which is slowly being taken over by willows and other woody species. We will, of course, keep an eye on the meadow as it develops, so watch this space for all the latest news!
The team gets to work preparing the meadow for seeding.
The meadow isn't much to look at yet, so here's the team instead.
Meanwhile, another team from the Lower Mole Project works to install new benches.
Lovely job!
Now there's somewhere to sit for lunch.
The bat roost with newly bricked up gun ports.
Gerrard, of the Kingston Greenspace Volunteers, attaches reclaimed bat roosting tiles.
And, then seals up the remaining gun port.
Nick's excellent work on producing a new door, although a second coat of paint is needed to cover the finger prints.
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