Straddling the English border, near Whitchurch in Shropshire and Wrexham in Wales, lies one of the biggest and best raised bogs in Britain. Its astonishingly varied wildlife makes it a place of international importance. History Trail Leaflet The reserve has 18 species of bog moss, as well as many other characteristic bog plants, [...]
11
Jun
Ilkley Moor, ITV Emmerdale
We were commissioned by Friends of Ilkley Moor to undertake some track restoration work. The work carried out near the Cow and Calf Rocks establishes a path to help reduce erosion and keep the users from damaging vegetation…
07
Dec
Rawcliffe Bar Country Park
Rawcliffe Bar Country Park is a Green Flag awarded natural environment which is an inclusive place for locals and visitors to the York area to spend time. The park has numerous recreation routes which are used extensively by walkers, often with dogs. The existing national cycleway (route 65) is part of the Sustrans Cycle Network [...]
13
Sep
Blessingbourne
DMS and Architrail have spent three months constructing the new blue and red graded trails around the stunning Blessingbourne Estate, Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland. The team has created a network of safe fast flowing fun mountain bike trails for all abilities and ages. In addition to the new trails a figure of eight pump track has [...]
13
Sep
Witton Park
The Witton Park MTB trail on Billinge Hill descends approximately 50m over a distance of 700m. The trail is Red graded, and is suitable for riders with a reasonable experience of mountain biking ability on technical and difficult terrain. The trail contains exactly 60 turns along its length and provides a fun and challenging route [...]
13
Sep
Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve
The site near Cattrick Garrison has been developed into a wet meadows site for the UK’s breeding wading birds. Commissioned by Foxglove Nature Reserve our involvement was to design and build a habitat suitable for many species creating a diverse ecosystem. Important to the site was a water source, which could be controlled by the [...]
13
Sep
The Life Project RSPB
Penaran, Wales Four low ground pressure excavators were deployed to return the site back to wet peatland. The dams all recorded by GPS systems located in the machines show the client the exact work done. Working closely with the client, The Life Project RSPB, our experienced operators worked systematical over the site making sure the [...]
13
Sep
Langdon Head Restoration
Working with the Natural England and the Northern Catchment team of United Utilities we are restoring an area of bare peat to reduce erosion, to restore the delicate surface vegetation and to minimise the knock-on effects of the increased run-off on the rivers, improving water quality. Using geogute netting and a brash mulch on the [...]
13
Sep
Glasson Mosses
Our client Natural England commissioned us to regenerate a 15 hectare site to restore the hydrology to its previous condition. Our approach to this site was to increase the water table as much as is possible, the exact restoration technique was decided on site as works progressed by our expert operators. Work included: Re-profiling peat [...]
13
Sep
Stean Moor
Upper Nidderdale – January 2009 to March 2010 Uplands across the United Kingdom have undergone many ecological changes over the years, one of the most dramatic being the installation of moorland grips. These irrigation channels lower the water table and erode the fragile peat. As peat moorland is one of the UK’s largest carbon stores, [...]
