I had a look
around HS2’s environmental amphibian area this afternoon. I had asked
and checked again with the security man and it was ok. The workers
planting all the saplings had finished for the day and had gone. Four
ponds lined with a liner and another balancing pond planned which will
be behind the black plastic barrier. The black barrier keeps the
amphibians out and around the edge of the area is a clear plastic
barrier to keep them in. So when they start collecting frogs and newts
from where the HS2 tunnel and line will run, they will be placed inside
the clear plastic barrier and when the balancing pond is finished all
the barriers will be removed. There are also hibernation habitats and
south facing basking banks, bat boxes on tall metal poles and maybe 1000
saplings have been planted, mainly as far as I could tell hazel,
hawthorn with some elder. Also planting two oak trees.
Stewart.
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