Volunteers met on Dersingham Common, where Alex from the Dersingham Unites Charity, explained the tasks that were needed. These were to cut back the large Laurel hedge along the Common boundary with houses. and to cut back Gorse on one side of a woodland path. The Laurel hedge was cut back with saws and loppers , the cuttings were carried to one side and piled into some woodland. The Gorse was cut back on the side opposite to the Gorse border along a steep drop. This latter border was left intact so as to maintain a good border between the path and the drop. Afterwards Jenny showed the group a fungus Xyleria cinera which was the first time it had been recorded in Norfolk and later others were found at Walsey Hills and Holkham by Keith Cox. Its appearance further north may be due to global warming.
Additional photos taken by Hamish can be viewed by clicking on the following file:
