• Hands-On Volunteer Day at Ducan’s Marsh, Claxton on Sunday 13 March

    Ducan’s Marsh is a SSSI site in Claxton, owned by the Claxton Parish Pits Trust.

    It is primarily valuable for its rare flora, having escaped re-seeding, fertilising or spraying with pesticides.

    Come and get mucky!  No prior experience required.  We intend to cut and burn encroaching Willow scrub.

    We have some tools, but if you have loppers or pruning saws, they might come in handy along with a robust pair of gloves.

    The site is quite wet, so wellies are generally the order of the day.

    In addition, if anyone has a powerful brush cutter/clearing saw that they are prepared to use, please contact me.

    Refreshments will be available, but please bring your own mug.

    Because of very limited parking at Ducan’s, please park at Claxton Village Hall.

    We will aim to kick off at 10.30, but turn up when you can.

    IF the weather looks atrocious we will try update via email, or contact me.

    Many thanks,

    Kevin Parker – on behalf of SYWG & The Claxton Parish Pits Trust.

    email: [email protected]
    home: 01508 480780
    mobile: 07824 534695

  • More Bird Boxes at Ducan’s Marsh

    A 4-person working group spent much of a glorious day on Saturday, erecting a kestrel box and several other woodcrete boxes at various locations at Ducan’s Marsh.  The photos below give an impression of how Kev, Kaarin, Paul and David spent the day.

    It is hoped that these, together with the other boxes which have been put up over the last couple of years, will encourage birds to nest at Ducan’s, with the aim that a reasonably detailed census will take place on an ongoing basis, with the information to be shared on this site as well as with other local groups with similar outlooks.  Watch this space for more.

  • Ducan’s Marsh Open Day, Sunday 17 June

    As foreshadowed in the recent Village newsletter, there will be an Open Day at Ducan’s Marsh for Claxton residents and selected wildlife groups.  The poster below gives full details.  The Village Hall will be selling tea, coffee, cakes etc for the duration of the event.Ducan's open day 2018

  • Ducan’s Marsh Workday – job done!

    The weather was kind and the sun shone for much of the morning when a volunteer working party from the Pits Trust and the Wildlife Group turned up at Ducan’s Marsh to transport and install a large number of even larger sleepers across the stream dividing the marsh.  Two hours later it was done, or at least the really heavy part of the job was, and it was time to enjoy a mug of tea or coffee and one of Kaarin’s famous flapjacks.

    The photo below is of the team on the new bridge (minus Bernie who was taking the photo).  Thanks to everyone for making this possible.  Details of future workdays will be publicised here and through the South Yare Wildlife Group.

    Bridge Builders extraordinaire!
    Bridge Builders extraordinaire!

    Back row (left to right) Rodney, Paul, Linton, Jim, Mike, Aiken
    Front row (left to right) Roland, Carole, Kaarin, Kev (with Bernie taking the photo)

  • Ducan’s Marsh Open Day – early photographs

     

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