Hedge your bets

Posted by Cptn

As part of Devon Hedge Week, Exeter City Council’s Countryside Service has organised a free guided walk to date a historic hedgerow tomorrow (Sunday October 28) at Barley Valley Local Nature Reserve.

Countryside Ranger Chris Moulton told the PRSD: ‘Hedgerows are sometimes all that remain of vast areas of woodland from the distant past.

‘We shall be showing people the way hedgerows have helped to shape the countryside and wildlife we have today, and they can have a go at dating a hedgerow.’

‘Barley Valley has excellent examples of our distinctive Devon hedgerows and they can be aged according to the numbers of species present, such as hazel, hawthorn and ash,’ he said.

If you’re interested you should meet on Sunday 28 October at 10.30am at the end of Nadderpark Road, Redhills. Take P bus to Nadderpark Road. The terrain at this site is not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs.

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