From: "jane.soanes" <jane.soanes@btinternet.com>
Subject: Broom Hill Trustees report
Date: 11 July 2023 at 13:32:23 BST
To: clerk.coddenhampc@gmail.com, Nick Mills <coddenhamcllr.nickmills@gmail.com>, Sarah Gregory <cllrsarahgregory@gmail.com>, Rob Denning <coddenhamcllr.robdenning@gmail.com>, Donald Burton <DonaldBurton@btinternet.com>, John Whitehead <jcw1955@btinternet.com>

Hi all, 

Apologies for late reports. I am awaiting laptop repair so working from my phone. Reports will be as e mails rather than word documents.

Item 11a Broom Hill Trustees Report.

Trustees met on Broom Hill on 6th July to check condition of the benches and plan work to be done on the Autumn working group mornings.

Trustees are pleased to to report that the  bramble clearance by the spring working groups and the wet spring has resulted in increasing growth of wild honeysuckle and foxgloves, in the middle section of the woodland. Also the oak saplings planted earlier this year are surviving.

One bench at the top of the grass slope needs repairing. Trustees thank David Oliver who has offered to provide materials and do the repairs.

The Public Footpath is clear, however the Nature Trail path to the upper slope is becoming impassable.

The grass slope annual cut has been scheduled. Trustees request that the contractor is asked to follow SWT guidelines for the cut if practically possible. The guidelines being that the cut is from the middle outwards, and the arisings left to dry before being removed from site. This enables seeds to be dispersed and insects and invertebrates to escape.

 Trustees will endeavour to clear the upper path during the summer. However, this will only be possible if willing volunteers step forward to work independently. 

The autumn working group mornings will continue to clear the bramble and bracken growth.

Jane Soanes

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