Aerial shots and the tree planting plan
In March 2021 a friendly neighbour took some aerial shots of my land. This gave me a whole new understanding of the site and I was able to pull together my planting plan by the Autumn. A key change since last year is the removal of the long leggy gorse which isn't contributing much in terms of biodiversity and is stifling regeneration of trees. One year on, I needed to check that I have created the space required for the planting plan to be fulfilled so Andy has come back, with upgraded kit, to take new shots. I'll start with some ground level shots of before and after:- The gate in the shot above can be seen in the middle of this shot below This picture also shows how few trees there were growing under that gorse - just two hawthorns. This area will be planted with aspen which need support in Cumbria as they have become rare and is part of the BOOM project (Back on our Map) being run by Cumbria University https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/business/projects/south-cumbria-sp...