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EuCAN is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working in the UK and other countries of Europe to involve more people and communities in the conservation management of their local environment, by providing training and practical experience for young graduates, potential volunteers and contractors and therapeutic groups, in nature conservation and in sustainable land management.
Scrub clearing at Corscombe - EuCAN Somerset volunteers
Hackney - above Corscombe
We will be continuing with the work to clear the bramble and thorn from a hillside west of Corscombe.
Read more >Lankham Bottom Butterfly Reserve - scrub cutting
Lankham Bottom near Cattistock
We will be continuing our task of reducing the bramble and thorn scrub on the reserve and will be burning up if the wind direction is suitable.
Read more >Scrub cutting Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve
Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve
Today we will be continuing with our winter work at Alners Gorse, working on the bramble, willow and thorn on and near the track and in the part of the reserve we call the Nightingale area.
Read more >Conservation workparty on Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland
Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland
We will be continuing our programme of work at Broadcroft Quarry, working on scrub regrowth, clematis and bramble.
Read more >Woodland glade maintenance at Monmouth Hill, Milton Abbas - volunteer workday
near Milton Abbas
We would like to finish this season's recut of this area and also continue with the coppice coup nearby.
Read more >Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster Habitat management - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Barrington Hill NNR
There will be plenty of routine maintenance tasks to do - clearing the paths, repairing fences, the annual brushcutting round the ponds etc.
Read more >Scrub regrowth control on Giant Hill, Cerne Abbas
Cerne Abbas
We shall be brushcutting thorn and bramble regrowth in the areas where we have been clearing the slopes for a number of years.
Read more >Scrub regrowth control on Giant Hill
Cerne Abbas
We shall be brushcutting thorn and bramble regrowth in the areas where we have been clearing the slopes for a number of years.
Read more >Habitat management at Hardington Moor NNR - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Hardington Moor National Nature Reserve nr West Coker
This will be the EuCAN Somerset Volunteers group's final visit to Hardington Moor this winter.
Read more >Scrub regrowth control on Giant Hill
Cerne Abbas
We shall be brushcutting thorn and bramble regrowth in the areas where we have been clearing the slopes for a number of years.
Read more >Milborne Port - bramble and thorn scrub management at East Hill
East Hill, east of Milborne Port
East Hill is a fabulously biodiverse stretch of land above Milborne Port with some rare butterfly species, but it is being rapidly encroached by bramble, gorse and thorn. Last season's pony grazing hugely improved the condition of the habitat.
Read more >Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster Habitat management - EuCAN Somerset Volunteers
Barrington Hill National Nature reserve, nr Ilminster
Today we shall be clearing blackthorn and other scrub from the eastern hedgebank in preparation for laying the hedge.
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