tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post891618887982718500..comments2024-03-09T16:04:59.378+00:00Comments on Calderdale Wildlife: Warland ReservoirBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-59648010495999551402011-02-11T12:41:38.333+00:002011-02-11T12:41:38.333+00:00Correction, Moorlife. Not Moorwatch.Correction, Moorlife. Not Moorwatch.Steve Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795912451617499115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-22365642327765774692011-02-10T22:25:17.531+00:002011-02-10T22:25:17.531+00:00Moorwatch is doing the work. This method of reseed...Moorwatch is doing the work. This method of reseeding with heather brash is proven effective. The twigs shed the tiny seeds and then it protects the seedlings from erosion until they stabilise the peat with their roots.<br /><br />Where it is cut the effect is similar to burning, which is the natural system heather evolved to cope with.<br /><br />The people who are very upset are the archaeologists. They have not been consulted and are concerned about damage to standing stones, stones with marks made by prehistoric people, etc. These are not fully studied or mapped even in Calderdale. The "standing" stones are sometimes partially buried.Steve Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795912451617499115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-91334211314922518022011-02-10T18:32:30.347+00:002011-02-10T18:32:30.347+00:00I hope the donor moor isn't damaged too, other...I hope the donor moor isn't damaged too, otherwise if the seeding doesn't take we risk exposing more land to erosion.<br /><br />By the way, the bags are where we feed the Twite!Jeff Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14869794623118294114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-61706183828489451502011-02-10T18:16:29.987+00:002011-02-10T18:16:29.987+00:00We have had quite a large strip of Midgley Moor cu...We have had quite a large strip of Midgley Moor cut and bagged recently, I assume these to be the same bags you now have at Warland, looks like Midgley will be supplying Warland with seed then, it will be good stuff!<br />I assume the cutting of long heather to be used as a seed source doesn't damage the "donor" moor?Nick Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955193593836264359noreply@blogger.com