End of coppicing and spring in full swing

The Last of the clear up after coppicing is finished! Leaving piles of logs and brush scattered around is a great way of supporting fungal growth in the soil and providing habitat. The fashion for tidiness in woodland and burning any cuttings is not good for wildlife.

The last tree to be cut was one of the willows. As a pollard this will provide a much more interesting habitat than a straight up and down tree.

The bumble bees have been out and about for three weeks now. I wondered what they were feeding on as there are so few flowers out. I then saw the bees high in willow trees where these flowers must be providing the sustainable that the bees needed in the first few days of March.

Some additional construction of bug hotels has finished off the work in the woods.