Roydon Common – North field SSSI

Volunteers met at Playing field car park, Roydon and then walked through the community woodland to Northfield, and were met by Stephen and Lukas from the NWT. A very large Willow had been pollarded by contractors as the heavy branches were becoming a risk. Brash left from pollarding the Willow had to be moved to the fire and burnt. In addition, the Brambles spreading over the boundary fence had to be cutback to check the fence and posts were secure for future grazing of dartmoor ponies and British White Cattle. By the end of the morning the pile of Willow branches had all been transferred to the fire and was now ash and the fence was free of brambles. Stephen and Lukas were grateful for how much work the group had achieved

Additional photos taken by Hamish can be viewed by licking on the link to the .PDF file below.

Roydon Common Northfield Jan 2023