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Chris d
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I'm gutted for you Rob. It really beggars belief the thinking behind ity. Did the know what was there and chose to ignore it or didn't they know ? Will you be taking the matter any further? It's a pity that private prosecution's can't be taken out against these t**ts to teach them a lesson and make others stop and think and take proper advice before giving the go ahead to these mad schemes in future.
Chris
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tim-f
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Maybe I'm being dim, but who did this work, and what was their motivation? To make the place look better, to benefit other wildlife?
Would the resident herps have been killed directly during the clearing process, or would they have been displaced perhaps to die later due to lack of suitable cover? |
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AGILIS
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Dear nat uk /Epping forest presevation agency.com or what ever you call your pathetic quango of incompetent twonks how can those grassy habitat tussucks ever be replaced??????? keith
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Robert V
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I'm not sure who it could have been, but like Keith says, this area has been pretty well known in herp circles for holding various species so its difficult to imagine how the volunteers (or whoever) wouldn't have known.
Besides its obvious, if you have a clearing with good ground cover in the middle of a forest with ponds nearby, then to my mind, you don't go scraping down to top soil.
I can only think that the lizards, slow worms and Grassies attempted dispersal into the surrounding thick forest but most would have been taken by Buzzards, Crows, Pheasants - you name it.
I've asked Ian (Madfossa) to raise it with the volunteer coordinator as he's due to meet with them soon.
It will be interesting to get their feedback.
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herpetologic2
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Another example for Paul Edgar. The SSSI has all the Essex herpetofauna as interest features in Epping. So is this sort of mismanagement a breach of the SSSI?
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Robert V
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Well,
I've just googled rushey plain and found this on the volunteers website - work at rushey plain on 6th May...
· Sunday 29 April – Fairmead Pond · Sunday 6 May – Rushey Plain · Tuesday 15 May – Knighton Woods But then
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Robert V
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I came across this dated 24th March, this year - before the volunteers had been there and it shows the work already having been undertaken!!
The mystery deepens?
Clearing near Rushey Plainnear to
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