Our objectives this morning were litterpicking and continuing with our work on Adel Moor, reducing the amount of bracken, removing tree seedling and brambles.
We had a small but select group of seven. One of us went off litterpicking along Crag Lane to the Stairfoot Lane car park and picked up just over a bag full of litter.
The rest of us worked on Adel Moor. Today we were continuing with our work of reducing the amount of bracken on the moor, but also removing brambles and tree seedlings, saplings and rosebay willow herb.
We each found different things to do. Three of us focused on pulling bracken; one of us concentrated on clearing brambles and bracken from around the main clump of gorse; and two of us roamed over the moor, clearing up odd patches of bracken, rosebay willowherb and brambles among the heather.
One of the patches of bracken had a very healthy population of heather plants surviving beneath it – as can just about be seen in the before and after photographs below.
It was another enjoyable morning on the moor. We worked through a couple of heavy rain showers but as we finished the sun came out. Some of the heather was just coming into flower.
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