A big thank you to the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers who spent two days (at our request) pulling up trees from Adel Moor. They did a fantastic job.
Adel Moor is the last surviving heath in north Leeds and a special habitat – lizards can be found basking there on a warm summer morning. The habitat is under threat because trees – particularly birch and oak – are moving in and taking over. It is a constant battle to keep the trees at bay, but one worth striving to win.
The Friends will be spending two hours next Saturday clearing small saplings from the moor – much better use of time and effort to remove small trees now, than to allow them to mature to the point that we need to bring in mechanical assistance or poison them.
Friends of Adel Woods 