Environmental Project - Clearing plants from Rotherwick Pond

We will meet at the village pond (near Rotherwick Church), but parking will be road side in the village, so you may need to park your car a small walk away. Please ensure that you park appropriately and avoid blocking access or gateways.

We will be manually removing vegetation in a pond to help create some open water when the pond fills over the winter. The pond is home to all three native species of newts, including the protected great crested newt. No experience is necessary as we will give a full briefing before we start. The more volunteers we have on the day, the bigger effect we will have on enhancing the ponds habitats for wildlife.

The work will involve manually pulling up mostly shallow rooted vegetation, but we will also use hand tools such as spades and hand trowels. The cleared vegetation will be piled up for a later collection. We will start at 9.30am and finish at 1pm, with a break part way through.

Please bring:
Water/drinks to keep yourself hydrated

Comfortable, but sensible footwear for a practical activity (boots, wellies, but no open toe/back footwear)

Spades/forks, small hand tools trowels etc, but rakes will also be useful for tidying up

Gardening/work gloves

Buckets/garden trugs etc for moving small loads of waste

Snacks/something to eat during the break

To keep the risk of spreading unwanted plants and animals, either to or from the pond, please follow the Check, Clean, Dry guidelines: https://www.nonnativespecies.org/what.../check-clean-dry/

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