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Gritting Update – Tues 2 May
I wanted to take this opportunity to publicly thank the Snow Team for being available and wiling to go out and grit the hill again this winter. Their efforts are really appreciated. Highways have just stopped sending out daily updates so we can conclude that winter is officially over! The gritter is still work in progress, no luck so far in fixing it. Anne Mayes
Bridford Wildlife Warden – May update
Monthly Wildlife Challenge – May’s Challenges
No Mow May
This month’s challenge is to put away the mower for the month of May. Letting your lawn grow gives flowers such as daisies, dandelion, selfheal and clover the chance to flower, providing much needed nectar for a wide range of insects including bees, butterflies and beetles.
No Mow May is a national campaign to encourage people to leave their lawns for a month. A tight clipped weeded lawn has little value for wildlife and collectively, lawns cover a large area of land in the UK (approximately 988,421 acres, which is bigger than England’s national nature reserves combined), so by reversing the trend for manicured lawns, we create a significant area of habitat. The campaign has really taken off over the last few years, with many people now choosing to mow less.
If you’re not keen on the longer grass, a mown path through it creates a more managed look and in fact different lengths in a lawn provide a great range of habitats – the longer grass gives nesting sites for species such as hedgehogs and toads, a mid length meadow mowed 2-3 times per year outside of April-August allows knapweeds and scabiouses to flourish, and the shorter grass allows Bird’s-foot-trefoil to flower, providing a fabulous food source.
If you don’t have a lawn, why not encourage someone you know to let it grow, or have a look at where you work and see if there is any scope there. Bridford is taking part in No Mow May with its verges, which will remain uncut other than paths, till later in the year. We will be doing a survey of the flowers on the verge in May/ June. See No Mow May for more information and resources.
Give pesticides a miss
A recent study has shown that pesticide use in gardens is having a negative impact on bird populations. The study found that there were 25% fewer house sparrows when glyphosate was used regularly. It also found that where the recently banned metaldehyde slug pellets were used, house sparrow numbers were down by almost 40%. Bird populations are under threat on a number of fronts including habitat loss and bird diseases, with breeding UK populations down by 19 million since the 1960s. Pesticide use is a relatively new addition to garden management and re-embracing a wilder garden with a few nibbled leaves, gives these birds a haven that they very much need. There is useful advice on gardening without chemicals at DWT chemical free gardening
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CANCELLATION OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 13 MARCH 2023 AT 7.00PM
DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MEETING OF BRIDFORD PARISH COUNCIL DUE TO BE HELD AT 7.00PM ON MONDAY 13TH MARCH, HAS BEEN CANCLLED
Gritting Update – Tues 7 March
Change of personnel so the hill has been gritted earlier than initially expected. For that we thank AndyH and Colin. Hopefully that will have set us up for whatever the weather sends us tonight and first thing tomorrow. Anne Mayes
Gritting Update – Tues 7 March
not done yet, a question of availability I’m afraid. The plan is to go out about 10pm tonight. I’ll let you know when it’s done..Anne Mayes
Gritting Update – Fri 20 Jan
Well, the hill has been gritted – by hand. An Above and Beyond Award to Matt, Colin Dave H and new resident David H. The gritter was playing up so these four volunteered to grit the hill by hand. It took the four of them 2 hours to do all bar the flat bit from the bus shelter to Pooks Lane. Dave H reported racking up 10k steps! This really was an exceptional act for the safety of all of us and to say we are grateful is an understatement. If you see them in the Bridford……..!Anne Mayes
Gritting Update – Thurs19 Jan
Another icy night and Andy B and Liam have just been out to grit the hill. Again though, take care, there’s still a bit of run off in places. We’re very grateful to them, particularly Andy on his fourth night gritting. No Secondary Routes will be done tomorrow. Anne Mayes
Gritting Update – Wed 18 Jan
Another icy night and Andy B and Dave H have just been out to grit the hill. Unfortunately there’s a fair bit of runoff at various points on the hill still and Andy and Dave point out that by the time they came back it was icy again by the phone box. In their view the drive to work tomorrow could well be worse than today’s and that was bad. It looks as if the accident on the hill was shown on Spotlight so today was certainly not good. I hope those involved are alright. Despite this, no Secondary Routes will be done tomorrow. Anne Mayes