Wight Conservation - November 2005

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4x4 Damage to an ancient barrow
 


Approaching sunset from St Martin's Down


Below Wroxall Copse
 

From Idlecombe Down

From Wroxall Down
 

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Grazing before sunset, St Martin's Down
 

Heifers cleaning each others heads

Ivy habitat
 

Ivy makes good invertebrate habitat
 

Mottistone Common
 

North from St Martin's down
 

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Recent Clearance

 

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Leggy gorse to be coppiced
 

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South from Idlecombe Down
 

Standing dead wood

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Standing dead wood; new sprouts
 

Sunset from St Martin's Down towards Wroxall Down
 

Towards St Martin's Down
 

Towards Wroxall Copse
 

Towards Wroxall Down from NW
 

Veteran Field Maple
 

Veteran Field Maple 2
 

Veteran field Maple 3
 

West from Mottistone Common
 

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