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MWHG Team
Jan 205 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 20th January 2025
We are delighted and very grateful to have received further funding from F Glenister Woodger Trust to continue our conservation work...
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Jane Reeve
Jan 132 min read
Hedge Clipping 20
The strong winds of Storm Darragh have blown most of the leaves off the trees by now so that this year's bird nests can be seen, looking nak
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Jane Reeve
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Hedge Clipping 19
The mild weather has meant that leaves have stayed longer on the trees this year but they are normally away by December.
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Jane Reeve
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Hedge Clipping 18
There has been a big move to plant trees across the country over the last few years to counteract decades of loss.
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MWHG Team
Nov 11, 20246 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 11th November 2024
Take part in our new Pollinator Highway Survey, read about the fantastic achievements of our Community Conservation Project, and more...
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Jane Reeve
Oct 15, 20241 min read
Hedge Clipping 17
The West Wittering Tree Nursery is a couple of years old now and we have successfully grown hundreds of trees for planting out into hedges.
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Jane Reeve
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Hedge Clipping 16
September brings early morning mists and the first heavy dews. The colours of the countryside are changing with fruits starting...
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Jane Reeve
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Hedge Clipping 15
As the summer progresses the ground flora can grow to the height of the hedge, tangling with the fresh shoots emerging from the shrub layer.
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Jane Reeve
Jul 17, 20243 min read
Hedge Clipping 14
After collecting tree seeds in the autumn last year we have spent the winter growing them on...
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Jane Reeve
Jun 25, 20242 min read
Hedge Clipping 13
I had a great day at the Records Centre looking at hedgerow records for the parishes of Hunston and North Mundham
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MWHG Team
May 13, 20248 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 13th May 2024
We are still buzzing from our recent bank holiday weekend Family Wildlife Discovery Day in Birdham, where over 100 people attended to take p
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Jane Reeve
May 6, 20241 min read
Hedge Clipping 12
We have been fortunate to receive another grant from Southern Water's Biodiversity Fund. This will allow us to continue with planting hedge
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MWHG Team
Mar 11, 20248 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 11th March 2024
The High Sheriff of West Sussex, Andy Bliss, braved the mud and rain to visit our projects this month...
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Jane Reeve
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Hedge Clipping 11
The Hedging Our Future Project comes to an end in Sidlesham this month as the funding was for a year.
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Jane Reeve
Feb 17, 20244 min read
Hedge Clipping 10
Our hedgerows, a uniquely British feature, are continuing to disappear and since World War Two we have lost 50% of them...
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MWHG Team
Jan 15, 20245 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 15th January 2024
Read on to find out how you can help out in the coming months and to see a video recap of our 2023 wildlife survey results.
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Jane Reeve
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Hedge Clipping 9
Climbing plants are an important part of a hedge and something not always seen in woody copses or woods. They can bind the hedge trees...
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Jane Reeve
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Hedge Clipping 8
In November we have started our planting programme and have planted 648 trees totaling 230 metres of new hedges.
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MWHG Team
Nov 13, 20236 min read
MWHG Newsletter: 13th November 2023
It's been an exciting couple of months for our Group. We will waste no time in announcing that MWHG was named the winner of the Green award
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Jane Reeve
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Hedge Clipping 7
In October we were busy collecting tree seeds ready for processing and potting up. We have collected acorns, hawthorn and blackthorn berries
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