Gallery of Images From 2024

These are the images we have from Bestwood Country Park taken in 2024
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Plug Planting Wildflowers - photos by Carl Cornish, 21 June 2024

Darling Buds Of May 2024 - photos by Rob Carlyle & Donna Towsey, Helen Mitchem & Kimberley Croome, 6 May 2024

Dead Hedges - photos by Kay Brown, 26 April 2024

Walking around the country park you can see lots of new dead hedges being created. Where the park rangers and volunteers have cleared young trees and scrub they have used the resulting brush wood to form hedges alongside paths and further back into the woods natural windbreaks. These will provide year-round habitat for invertebrates, birds and small mammals. They also create micro-climate areas where they protect plants and animals from the worst of the weather. Over time they collect dead leaves which are blown into the branches and soon living plants colonise to turn the hedge into a living barrier within the woodland.

Reminders of an enjoyable trip round the Winding Engine House - photos by Alan Wales, from March 2024

A few shots of the historic Winding Engine House - photos by Kay Brown, 30 January