Haymaking is scheduled to start next week. For operational reasons the Ecology Centre Car Park will be closed on the mornings of 17 & 18 July
The SUEZ Communities Trust has kindly agreed to fund a project which aims to restore acid grassland on several parcels of land on the Seven Islands Pond and Golf Course sub-sites of the Common. The work will start in the near future and will involve removing scrub woodland and semi-mature trees followed by clearance of accumulated organic material…
Please see the attached following links to a borough-wide public consultation that has now gone live concerning proposed new dog control measures in Merton. The proposals will have significant impacts for the management of dogs in our parks and greenspaces for some years to come. https://www.merton.gov.uk/communities-and-neighbourhoods/stray-lost-and-dangerous-dogs/dog-control-orders – Web page https://consult.merton.gov.uk/KMS/dmart.aspx?noip=1&strTab=PublicDMart&PageType=item&DMartId=3004 – Survey Please note the…
Arthurs Pond has been managed to allow a dense barrier of scrub woodland to develop on its roadside edges. This was in direct response to multiple incidents of fly-tipping in the body of the pond in the 1990s and before. This enhancement proposal will consider tree and shrub growth. Comments are welcome, please download the…
A new interpretation board all about acid grassland restoration has been installed on the 7 islands site to the north of the pond.