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Urban Rewilding Sessions | St Ann’s Wood
February 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
About St Ann’s Wood
St Ann’s Wood is comprised of a primarily single-aged tree structure, which has become overshaded through a lack of intervention.
Naturally, trees would be crashed through by large herbivores in their early stages, or nibbled and gnawed at, restricting the growth of some. Without this ‘pressure’, they quickly reach higher and higher for the light, and in turn can overshadow the understory.
This reduces the layers of a woodland – canopy to scrub to wildflower mosaics, and all the wonderful, wildlife supporting complexities this provides. although St Ann’s Wood is small, it provides an important corridor for an array of wildlife to navigate through and nest – including Foxes and Hedgehogs, and Sparrowhawks and Jays.
What we’ll be doing
In collaboration with Wild Ouseburn the Ouseburn Trust, funded through Newcastle Nature Networks, has recently organised some light management works to begin improving the wood for wildlife.
Using the wood from recently felled trees, we’ll be creating microhabitats such as wood piles and dead-hedged to replicate some of the benefits of scrub and deadwood which are currently lacking in the wood.
We’re pleased to be undertaking this Rewilding Session together with the Ouseburn Trust, with support from Newcastle Nature Networks and the Ouse Burn Way Fund.
MEETING POINT
Meet at 9.50am by the brightly coloured shipping container behind The Ship Inn, Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 2PW.
The What3Words for the meeting location is: brick.repair.frogs
From there we’ll walk to St Ann’s Wood, which is adjacent to the Wild Roots Community Garden.
DATE + TIME
Saturday 14th February.
The session runs from 10am to 12pm. Please meet at the shipping container around 10 minutes before the start time.
HOW TO TAKE PART
Just turn up on the day! You don’t need any prior experience, and everyone is welcome.
WHAT TO BRING
All equipment and gloves will be provided.
Please wear suitable, sturdy walking shoes/ boots as we will be off footpaths and in the wood. Be sure to wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions. In the case of severe weather we may cancel the session – if so, we will update this event listing.
