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New Facebook Page for the Bucklebury Estate.
The Bucklebury Estate has launched its new facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576673067996 That will be the place...
alexpcruickshank
Jun 91 min read
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Welcome to Bucklebury Common!
New signs have been installed at various locations around Bucklebury Common, welcoming new visitors, and informing regular walkers about...
alexpcruickshank
May 61 min read
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Spring has arrived on Bucklebury Common
The Bucklebury Estate has completed this season's mechanical work on Bucklebury Common. Nearly 30ha of heathland has been restored from...
alexpcruickshank
Mar 133 min read
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Creating space around future veteran trees
Old trees are a valuable resource for wildlife and an important part of Bucklebury Common's history. Many of the older trees on...
alexpcruickshank
Mar 41 min read
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Building for Adders at Bucklebury Common
Bucklebury Common is home to a small but very important population of Adders, an increasingly rare reptile. Adders hibernate during the...
alexpcruickshank
Feb 251 min read
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Reptile monitoring at Bucklebury Common
This weekend, Sam, the Bucklebury Estate Ranger, was working with Sundew Ecology and the Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Group (yes, I...
alexpcruickshank
Jan 301 min read
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New, safer route from Burden's Heath to Upper Bucklebury
The Bucklebury Estate are working with residents of Burden's Heath to create a new safe walking route between Fanny's Lane and Upper...
alexpcruickshank
Jan 221 min read
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Car park restoration on Broad Lane
The newly improved car park to the north of Broad Lane. The Bucklebury Estate has been working on the car parking areas on Broad Lane to...
alexpcruickshank
Jan 221 min read
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Bringing back pollarding
Pollarding is an ancient way of managing trees which increases their longevity and provides useful resources for people and wildlife....
alexpcruickshank
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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The veteran trees of the future
The Bucklebury Estate has been identifying trees which will become the veteran trees of the future. These will have the surrounding trees...
alexpcruickshank
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Nothing goes to waste!
All the felled timber and 'brash' (the smaller branches and twigs) will be put to use. Some of the Oak will be processed for fencing and...
alexpcruickshank
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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First gully complete!
I am pleased to say that the first gully, east of Fannys Lane, is now complete, with all the timber and brash removed. The contractors...
alexpcruickshank
Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Community meet up
Thank you to everyone who came along to have a look at the cleared area of wood pasture on the common and meet the management team. It...
alexpcruickshank
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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Bucklebury Common restoration works - meet the team
The Bucklebury Estate management team will be at the Memorial Hall, Upper Bucklebury on Saturday the 5th of Octber from 10am-12noon....
alexpcruickshank
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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Wood pasture demonstration area at Byles Green
An area of wood pasture has been created at Byles Green, desmonstrating the type of habitat that the Bucklebury Estate will be restoring...
alexpcruickshank
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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Improvements to car parks on Broad Lane
The Bucklebury Estate has planning permission to widen the car parks on Broad Lane to make them more accessible and less prone to abuse....
alexpcruickshank
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Winter work update
The Bucklebury Estate's forester has started work on the gully just to the west of Fanny's Lane. For your safety, please follow signs....
alexpcruickshank
Sep 11, 20241 min read
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Winter work starting at Bucklebury Common
The Bucklebury Estate's forester will start work today (Tuesday 10th September). They will be offloading the tree harvester in the car...
alexpcruickshank
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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Working this winter on Bucklebury Common
The Bucklebury Estate, with funding support from Countryside Stewardship and the Species Survival Fund , are undertaking an ambitious...
alexpcruickshank
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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A new ranger post - job advert
The Bucklebury Estate, with funding from the Species Survival fund, is recruiting a Ranger to deliver this exciting restoration project....
alexpcruickshank
Jun 5, 20241 min read
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