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EMAILS TO BRIDFORD PARISH COUNCIL

Bridford Parish Council has been having problems over the past couple of weeks with its email account [email protected] / [email protected].  Several emails that we know have been sent have not been received.  This has been investigated by our local computer engineer who established that  an automatic block was in place  so that any gmail account emails were not being delivered and were not recoverable.  We do not know how this has happened and obviously have no way of knowing what may have been sent, so if you have written to the Parish Council about anything recently from your gmail account and have not received a reply, could we please ask you to resend it.  Thank you.

 

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Gritting Update – Thurs 20 Jan

We’re very grateful to Joe and Colin who braved the cold to go out and grit the hill for us tonight. It was Joe’s first run having only joined the Team a couple of weeks ago, very pleased to welcome him! Still room for more, people aren’t always free to go out. Anne Mayes

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Helping wildlife through grass verge management

Bridford grass verges could look like this in future

Our first project is underway!   We are delighted to report that at their first meeting of the year on 10th January, Bridford Parish Council voted unanimously to adopt our Bridford Road Verges Ecological Management Plan.

Our plan aims to improve the habitat and increase the value of the verges for wildlife whilst still maintaining a tidy and functional road verge.  To achieve this, we recommended the following:

  • Regular mowing of the grass areas immediately adjacent to the road/pavement and anywhere else that access is needed, e.g. paths, benches, bins etc.
  • The remaining areas (which will be nearest to the hedge) will be species-rich wildflower meadow, allowed to grow tall and provide seeds and flowers for foraging wildlife and to provide shelter.
  • This area will be cut once a year around August/September and the cuttings removed. This year we will over-sow with yellow rattle seeds which will help to suppress the growth of grass in subsequent years to allow the wildflowers to flourish.  We are grateful to the Parish Council for agreeing to meet the cost of the yellow rattle seeds.

As Wildlife Wardens we will liaise with the Parish Council grass cutting contractor to assist in carrying out this new management plan and we will be putting up some signs to let everyone know what is happening to the verges.  If you would like to see a copy of our report to Bridford Parish Council which provides more detail, including photographs showing how each area of verge will be managed, please email wildlifewarden@bridfordvillage.co.uk.  You can find out more about us and the Wildlife Warden Scheme at Wildlife Warden Group – Bridford, Devon (bridfordvillage.co.uk)