0.5
Hectares
750
Trees to plant
£4,355
Cost of project
Project aims
To create a hazel coppice in the Warren Field. The planted area will provide food and habitat for wildlife and the coppiced wood will become part of the supply for our Biomass boiler.
The wood will be coppiced on a 7-10 year cycle, 1ha of hazel planted at a density of 1500 trees per ha will produce 40m2 per cycle. Therefore this half-hectare block can produce 20m2 per cycle. After 7 years a third of the block will be coppiced each of the following three years. This maintains a constant tree cover and preservation of habitat.
Outcomes
Hazel flowers are an important source of pollen for bees and other pollinators. The pollen-bearing catkins can be available to pollinators from as early as late January – late March. Hazel leaves are used as food plants by the larvae of various species of Lepidoptera. The nuts are used by dormice to fatten up for hibernation and in spring the leaves are a good source of food for caterpillars, which dormice also eat.
Production of renewable fuel for Bio Mass boiler.
Success can be measured by the comparison of wildlife survey results before the project and after an establishment period (possibly 2- to 3 years).
Impact
Increased biodiversity
Reduced runoff
Carbon capture
About New House Farm
By Mark
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