Speckled Wood on Bramble
Howardian
Local Nature Reserve

Introduction

Aerial View &
Location Map


Habitats

Animals

Dormice

Birds

Invertebrates

Butterflies

Moths

Fauna list

Plants

Orchids

Trees/Shrubs

Fungi

Lichen, Moss
& Liverworts


Flora list

Vistas

Slideshows

Snowscenes

Viewpoints

Nature Trail

Friends' Group

Management

History/Archive

Useful
Information


Contact

Links
Habitat Improvement
Installation of Bird and Bat Boxes
Small Mammal & Reptile provision

To maintain and further improve the reserve Planting, Hedge Laying, Thinning,
Water Management, Path Maintenance, Habitat Improvement and Repairs are undertaken.


Clearing rubbish is a continuous task
thanks to volunteers things are kept under control

Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
 BPS Litter pick
BPS Facilities Ltd

Small Mammal & Reptile provision
Installation of Bird and Bat Boxes

Deploying Bird and Bat Boxes winter 2009/10.
Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Ladder, Boxes & members of the Friend's Group Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Boxes being put high in the trees
30 Aperture Bird Boxes, 10 Open Fronted Bird Boxes and 20 Bat Boxes
were placed around the Woodland during Winter 2009/10.
Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Climbing the ladderHowardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Nailing an Aperture Bird box onto a treeHowardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Placing an Open fronted box on a tree
The boxes were placed on trees around the reserve. Aperture Bird Boxes and Bat Boxes
were placed high in the trees, Open fronted Bird Boxes placed at head height.
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  Aperture Bird boxHowardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Open fronted Bird Box Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Bat Box insideHowardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Bat Box front
Aperture and Open fronted Bird Boxes
Bat Box with roosting space inside

Small Mammal & Reptile provision
Installation of Bird and Bat Boxes

Colchester Avenue Allotments Association collected and donated
scrap corrugated iron sheets for use as nesting for small mammals and basking for reptiles.
Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
 Scrap Iron dump CAAA Howardian Local Nature Reserve 
  Boxes being put high in the trees
CAAA Scrap Iron dump
Collecting from CAAA
Collecting from CAAA Storing before deployment spring 2011
Sheet in position April 2011
Sheet in position April 2011

All photographs have been taken on the reserve © Friends of Howardian LNR

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