GVCG Volunteers met at the Dersingham Bog on the 24,01,22. Warden Matt of Natural England asked the members to cut down at ground level or to pull out the of pine seedlings and rhododendron shoots appearing in the Bog . Working in the Bog required the members to wear wellies, and was dominated by Ling Heather and Cross Leaved Heather, the second of which is characteristic of acid wet land and has a limited distribution. At ground level there was Sphagnum Moss, Cranberry and on the slightly higher ground Bog Myrtle shrubs. Pine and rhododendron cuttings were laid in piles to be collected later by Natural England staff. This activity has to be repeated annually for several years to avoid the area, at one time given over to pine and silver birch trees, being dominated again by these trees. Matt thanked the members for their contribution to managing the Bog.
