Golf
NRW have since returned to inspect our progress and are delighted with the high standard that the work has been carried out to
Sandy area on the 18th - important habitat for sand lizards and insects
”
whilst a 2014-2015 winter programme also achieved great strides in improving areas of key habitat. “This was a huge task and was all carried out in-house by a passionate, determined and hard working team,” says a delighted Rhys. “One of the main priorities was to reduce the scrub and to return these areas to open sandy areas beneficial for both the golf course and the ecology of the site. It was a massive project and was carried out in line with NRW guidelines and the restrictions
that came with the approved consent for the work.”
“NRW have since returned to inspect our
progress and are delighted with the high standard that the work has been carried out to, which has improved the ecology of the site.” “There are plans already in place for the
continuation and further enhancement of the ecology of the site via further scrub clearance through to 2017.” Last winter saw 1,858m2
TriCure AD of thick scrub and grasslands opened up to create sandy waste
areas which allow natural dune slack vegetation to develop and to benefit specialist invertebrates. “Management of gorse and scrub brings
many indirect benefits,” explains Rhys, “one of the main ones being a marked increase in bare sand. This is a vital habitat and one that is important for the ecological functioning of the links. As gorse and scrub is removed, clean sand is exposed and birds use such areas to dust down, sand lizards use them to bask and bees and wasps burrow into them.” “Bare sand also allows more sensitive
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