Bramble Bashing! We started our month off in Brookmill Park, where we rotationally remove bramble from two of the path bends. This is a once a year task and we only clear one area at a time to allow for winter foraging and shelter for wildlife that remain local in the winter months.
One of those animals that use the vegetation as cover is the wonderful common frog, like the one pictured below. Also pictured is the river with a lovely shadow of the bare trees.
November also marked leaving Lewisham’s rivers to dip our waders in one of the boroughs many wildlife ponds. This year we got into Hare & Billet pond to remove some of the reed growth, we try to maintain an area of the pond as a reedbed, but have to keep on top of the reeds before they expand into the deeper areas of the pond where we cannot reach. We’ll be back in the pond in January to finish up the last bits!
Rivers and People 