On the Ground March 2017

April 1, 2017

Don’t forget to say hello if you spot our Rangers and volunteers out working in the National Park.

Here’s a taste of what they achieved in March 2017.

Developed 15 new National Park walks, horse rides and cycle rides to publish on View Ranger
Talked to dog walkers and owners to promote our Take the Lead responsible dog walking campaign at eight key sites including Devil’s Dyke, and Seven Sisters Country Park
Planted locally sourced plug plants at Truleigh Hill butterfly bank to encourage priority butterfly species
Erected electric fencing on a SSSI above Beeding where we are working in partnership with the landowner to introduce goats
Work on South Downs Way included repairing all signs at Seven Sisters, the steps and interpretation panel at the Eastbourne end of the trail and installing five new finger posts near Amberley
Collected litter at Tide Mills and Seven Sisters Country Park with Duke of Edinburgh Scheme students
Carried out chalk grassland restoration on SSSIs in Clayton, the Long Man of Wilmington and Mill Hill local nature reserve
Cleared invasive scrub at Steyning bowl and Storrington Hill SNCI and Lancing Ring LNR/SNCI and installed 50m of post and rail fencing around Lancing Ring dew pond
Worked with the South Pond Group in Midhurst to install bat and bird boxes and start water quality testing
Trained 11 volunteers to carry out riverfly monitoring on the River Meon, Rother and Hamble
Worked with the Wild Trout Trust on the second phase of Meon river restoration in East Meon
Created heat maps for farmers in the central downs showing number of records for key indicator species.