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Annual Timetable

This prescribes the months when work is normally undertaken. It also gives the priority of each task.

 

Essential: (undertaken at all costs)

 

Important: (undertaken as a high priority)

 

Desirable: (undertaken if at all possible)

 

If Necessary: (undertaken if required)

 

Timetable

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Grazing Checks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grazing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Level Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment Servicing/Maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Abstraction (Baker’s Fen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wetland Bird Survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reed Bed management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coppice/Pollard(Adventurer’s Fen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Abstraction (Reed bed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breeding Bird Survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footpath mowing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brinking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sedge harvest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Abstraction (Mere)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Litter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drove cutting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Godwin Plots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slubbing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coppice/Pollard (SedgeFen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Health Survey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coppice/Pollard (Burwell Fen)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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