Fitting the pond liner 23/09/10

The pond liner is fitted into place in the wetland area, ready for filling and trimming to size.

Plan of the meadow…

Drawn up by Paul “The Wildlife” Wharton.

“Bug Hotels”… 07/07/10

 

Essential Skills students and staff begin work on three proposed “Bug Hotels”

The finished “Bug Hotel”

Students and staff prepare... 06/07/10

Students and staff prepare the meadow for seeding and planting. Stones are gathered for laying the paths around the meadow.

Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum) is found and identified during the days activities.

First flowers 30/06/10

First flowers appear, Corn Poppies (Papaver rhoeas)

Also found on the same day, on the path behind Stoker block leading to the meadow, Liverworts (Marchantia polymorpha)

Ground works detail

“Beetle Banks” detail images.

Pond/wetland detail.

Rills detail.

Third day 02/06/10

Completion of ground works and clearing the site

Second day 01/06/10

The construction of the “Beetle Banks” and forming of the Rills

Ground works commence 29/05/10

 

Ground work commences with the excavation of the pond in the wetland area, kindly undertaken by Kier Construction