Friends of the Loxley Valley are doing some more environmental stewardship work with Yorkshire Water’s countryside rangers, on their Rickett Bank woodland site at Damflask.
Yorkshire Water have felled mature conifer trees over the last few years and replaced them with native hardwood trees like oak and beech. They hope to get the woods alongside Ughill Brook closer to their natural state.
The little saplings have spent their first few years growing inside plastic tree guards to protect them from damage. But they’ve now outgrown the guards and they need removing.
We’ve agreed to help the Yorkshire Water team to do this. Our volunteers will be there with them for a couple of hours from 10am until about 3pm on Monday, April 28th. Anyone else who’d like to join in is very welcome, and we don’t expect you to stay for the whole five hours if you have other commitments. Please email our committee member Nick Blaney at nicbla62@gmail.com if you’d like to come along.
You’ll need stout footwear suitable for a muddy path, and clothing to suit the weather on the day. Yorkshire Water will provide supervision and any other equipment needed. If you plan to do the full five hours, we’d recommend bringing refreshments and a packed lunch.
The session follows recent work that we’ve been doing with Yorkshire Water to keep their permissive path tidy and clear of obstruction. We’d like to think that we’re helping to make a difference to this lovely little woodland valley.
More detail here in our earlier web post when we started getting the work underway: https://friendsoftheloxleyvalley.com/2025/02/26/friends-of-the-loxley-valley-help-yorkshire-water-to-clear-overgrown-footpath/
