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jaybe
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 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: foundry bridge |
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Heard today all work as stopped on the foundry bridge, does anyone know whats happening?
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Carolyn
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Talking to some of the contractors working under the bridge doing repairs when the aircraft hanger was being built, they had seen rats the size of cats down under there. We have had a number of rats around our area since work has been started so maybe that is holding up the work, or they haven't been paid
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Morris Minor
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Sloworms 
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martyn142
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| Morris Minor wrote: | | Sloworms |
Carolyn - what do you mean by aircraft hangar? |
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Ian
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At the risk of stepping on Carolyn's toes,I assume she means that blue eye sore that some idiot approved the plans for. 
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Carolyn
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That is the one Anvil Court, would a rose by any other name
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Tchambuli9
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| Morris Minor wrote: | | Sloworms |
Then for the development to proceed, special protection must be provided for the slow-worms. This is termed mitigation, and specialist licensed ecological consultants such as JPR Environmental provide its strategies. Mitigation normally takes the form of improving or creating habitat within the development site or translocating slow-worms to another suitable site.
Let’s hope not and that it’s fast rats instead.
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Carolyn
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Quite right
| Quote: | For the development to proceed, special protection must be provided for the slow-worms. This is termed mitigation, and specialist licensed ecological consultants such as JPR Environmental provide its strategies. Mitigation normally takes the form of improving or creating habitat within the development site or translocating slow-worms to another suitable site, see below for more details.
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http://www.wildlife-landscaping.c...es_profile.htm#Site%20Development
Work has begun again today
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martyn142
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Carolyn wrote: | | Work has begun again today |
Perhaps the rats have eaten all the slow-worms?  |
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Morris Minor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: Making Hedgehog and Sloworm sanctuaries |
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| Quote: | Anyone who keeps a compost heap is well aware that this warm dark place not only serves as fermentation bed for producing rich black organic compost but it provides a welcome shelter and a handy incubated hideaway for Hedgehogs, sloworms, grass snakes, field mice and a host of other garden creatures.
You will also be aware that if the compost heap does become an occupied space then utilising the compost, if you have a conscience becomes almost impossible.
The best solution is to set a side a small area - at the back of a shrub border is best - to tip all of your spare grass clippings, leaves and weeds so that the sloworms and hedgehogs can hideaway here without the fear of being disturbed.
You might also want to lay a piece of old board or carpet in a corner set on four housebricks so that toads can get underneath. That way the toads can then be able to live and breed while they hop around the garden and eat the slugs and snails.
If you are handy with a saw and a hammer then you might want to construct this more extensive Hedgehog detached house.
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http://www.landscapejuice.com/2007/07/making-hedgehog.html
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martyn142
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:37 am Post subject: Re: Making Hedgehog and Sloworm sanctuaries |
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| Morris Minor wrote: | | Quote: | Anyone who keeps a compost heap is well aware that this warm dark place not only serves as fermentation bed for producing rich black organic compost but it provides a welcome shelter and a handy incubated hideaway for Hedgehogs, sloworms, grass snakes, field mice and a host of other garden creatures.
You will also be aware that if the compost heap does become an occupied space then utilising the compost, if you have a conscience becomes almost impossible.
The best solution is to set a side a small area - at the back of a shrub border is best - to tip all of your spare grass clippings, leaves and weeds so that the sloworms and hedgehogs can hideaway here without the fear of being disturbed.
You might also want to lay a piece of old board or carpet in a corner set on four housebricks so that toads can get underneath. That way the toads can then be able to live and breed while they hop around the garden and eat the slugs and snails.
If you are handy with a saw and a hammer then you might want to construct this more extensive Hedgehog detached house.
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http://www.landscapejuice.com/2007/07/making-hedgehog.html
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We moved out of our house some while ago to give it over to our garden friends. We now live in the compost heap which is surprisingly warm at this time of year.  |
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Tchambuli9
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| Carolyn wrote: | Quite right
| Quote: | For the development to proceed, special protection must be provided for the slow-worms. This is termed mitigation, and specialist licensed ecological consultants such as JPR Environmental provide its strategies. Mitigation normally takes the form of improving or creating habitat within the development site or translocating slow-worms to another suitable site, see below for more details.
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Excellent.....Stress over then........until the next hiccup.....can't make an omlette without cracking an egg! 
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jaybe
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| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| seems to have gone off the point a bit with my original question here have'nt we? |
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Carolyn
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Yes I am afraid we have but since nobody has contributed a factual explantion and as work has since started again. We can only surmise what the difficulties are and amuse ourselves with possbible senarios
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jaybe
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: |
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| I see they have a huge crane in the middle of the foundry bridge which I assume must weigh a little above the weight of the buses and lorries that they stopped using the bridge a few years back. |
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