Feb 2023
Kate and Michael are working on the meadow, wood and pond near The Retreat to ensure we do as much as we can to provide diverse habitats, and encourage as much wildlife, plants and animals as we can. This area will eventually belong to the village so it needs lots of TLC right now to make it the beautiful space we can all enjoy.
Unfortunately, at the moment it is not a suitable place for dog walkers who just want an exercising space. It is also not great for wildlife to be continually disturbed, especially around the pond so we will be signing the meadow at its entrance off Plot Lane to indicate that only South Scarle Nature Project volunteers will have access at the moment and anyone who has been given special permission from us the landowners. We can keep an eye on it better that way and it can still be enjoyed by anyone in the village who is a Nature Group volunteer.
History of the Nature Project
We are a village group who have an interest in understanding and conserving our wildlife in and around the village. We have a wildflower meadow evolving, now in its fifth year. On the edge of the meadow, we have a small wood with a dyke leading into a Victorian folly pond. We recently worked on this to restore it to the original pond. We are a rural village with mostly arable land surrounding us. We have headlands and verges with some interesting wild flowers and even a special conservation verge.
Our group was set up in November 2017. So far we have had several meets, a talk by Notts Wildlife Trust and a walk round some of the headlands with an experienced local nature reserve officer. We are in the process of identifying green corridors and quality habitats in the village. We are collecting information based on local sightings. Anyone can join us, even if not mobile. We have loads of interesting data from folk just looking out of their windows at the birds. This is a young project and involves group members planting native trees, wild flowers and bulbs, to creating a footpath for the village and sitting and watching from a chair. We are all interested in different aspects of wildlife flora and fauna and we aim to learn, enjoy and share our knowledge to the benefit of the village as a whole.
Any sightings or ideas, please contact us at:
katemurrell@icloud.com
olliemartlew@icloud.com
