It has become ever harder to walk in these woods for several reasons, and today I found parking my car difficult. We parked some distance down the approach road and followed a signed footpath which took us across the back of a residential property, with prominent dog on the loose signs on the boundary fence. We then walked diagonally across two muddy fields into the woods to join the path I had originally wanted. I noticed lots of particularly large chamomile flowers around the edge and on the footpath across this field which I could not avoid walking on.
When we reached the woods the pathway has been significantly widened, trees cut down and a corridor made, this will be for the new perimeter fencing. I noticed there are several new ponds being dug and this area is one of the lowest points of the wood and stays very wet and partially flooded during the winter. This particular pond looks like it has been made to feature a solitary dead tree on an island in the middle. The area feels quite landscaped and with the colours turning it’s a nice spot (or will be). This is right on the perimeter of the wood and will be a section housing the new Bison.
