Our woodland pond complex has been 3 years in planning and creation. We have a lot to thank the Freshwater Habitats Trust for with their comprehensive Toolkit and fact sheets for the Millions Ponds Project. We highly recommend The Pond Book for all you need to know in creating a countryside pond. We now have […]
Woodland Management for Conservation In Britain ancient Woodlands are recognised as the most important for nature conservation. Certainly in the South West we have our rare and important Atlantic Woodland habitat to preserve. The charity Plantlife’s own ‘Building resilience in South West Woodland‘ project has been an invaluable resource to our work in woodland management. […]
Woodland Management for Biodiversity A woodland acts as a reserve for the whole landscape, linking a network of habitats. Vast amounts of Cornwall’s landscape are arable and pastoral with woodlands often isolated. Over time our environment has lost species with limited mobility that have been unable to recolonise. Therefore woodland management should aim to sustain […]
Badger Friendly Farming has initially been created as a concept, some may say naively but it stems from one small woodland being surrounded by farmland. Watching badgers through a trail camera, they are fascinating and fun, a few families from different setts rubbing along together, all big and healthy. We ID them, name them and […]
We have been busy at HH HQ with a thirst for further education! To sum it up in just a few words, we are getting to know our Badgers, Beetles and Bryophytes more intimately plus an evening with a beaver or two too! Bryophytes: On Wednesday 3rd of April we attended one of Plantlife’s courses with […]
During the last few months of our woodland planning we have immersed ourselves in observing and surveying species and wildlife. The woodland has reached the closed canopy stage where the ground layer and shrub layer can't develop further. Thinning will allow a greater variety of woodland plants to thrive and benefit bio-diversity. The majority of […]
Choosing a woodland that suits ones needs isn’t easy, we must have seen about 18 throughout Cornwall and Devon to launch our own Woodland Wildlife Project. We chose a native stretch of woodland situated in the heart of Cornwall that was also categorized as ancient and had all the obvious signs of it to. […]
Here at our woodland wildlife project we have been surveying the woodland residents who live in our wood. It has been an exciting few weeks whilst we have been identify their sex and numbers. We have a very healthy community indeed! Here is a video of a few of them being busy at night, there […]
We couldn’t be more excited in telling you about our new exciting venture. Happy Habitats has finally got its very own Woodland in the heart of Cornwall. It’s situated in mid Cornwall and purchasing this woodland will allow us to showcase our woodland management to potential clients, firstly for wildlife habitat and secondly for good […]
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