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Managing the Coves Grassland

16th November 2018 By Juliette Walsh

Part of the management plan commissioned by Inverclyde Council in 2011 suggests cutting back gorse encroaching on grassland at Coves. Gorse is an excellent habitat for nesting birds with its flowers as often the only source of nectar in early spring and autumn and it does grow rampantly throughout the site. However in the absence […]

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Emergency First Aid Success

16th November 2018 By Juliette Walsh

A total of 10 participants achieved the Emergency First Aid at Work and Outdoors last Friday. The course was held at Broomhill Community Hub in Greenock and delivered by Stefanie Lauer from the First Aid Training Cooperative. Feedback was positive with comments that the course was ‘enjoyable and useful’, with ‘really important information’ and that […]

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Experiencing Calm at Coves

9th November 2018 By Juliette Walsh

Removing invasive rhododendron from the woodland around the reservoirs is always a satisfying task as it is of such huge benefit to the surrounding trees and wildlife. It brings in more light and allows other trees and plants to flourish in its absence. This in turn draws in more wildlife because food sources become more […]

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Spooky Soup

2nd November 2018 By Juliette Walsh

On one side of the lower reservoir it is thick with willow (likely to be Goat Willow), a tree which gets reinvigorated by cutting it back, so by taking prunings for making autumn wreaths, we were doing it a favour. Because we had decided to base ourselves in the upper wood area so ended up […]

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Tree Seedling Assistance in The Knowes

31st October 2018 By Camilo Brokaw

More trees needed our help.  This time we went to the slopes south of Abbeylands Rd.  where the diverse native trees that our project planted 2 years ago are struggling to compete.  The slope is warm and south facing and the trees are in among hardy perennial grasses and other vigorous species.  Given enough time, […]

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