Work is progressing well on the Hastings Country Park restoration project and the results have been outstanding. A visit to the farm in winter is now a must to see large flocks of birds feeding on the barley stubble fields and for almost daily sightings of barn owls feeding during the day over the restored grasslands and pasture. The farm can be viewed throughout the year from the public footpaths that criss cross the area. Please keep to the footpaths as disturbance to the birds during winter and in the breeding season will affect their chances of survival.
A major milestone has been the fencing and installation of water troughs in Warren Glen in preparation for heathland restoration. Due to years of no grazing Warren Glen has become overgrown with bracken, shading out the valuable acid grassland and heathland underneath. This year should see grazing on Warren Glen for the first time in many years and clearance of the deep bracken litter that has built up over the years will allow the heathland and grassland wildlife to flourish again.
A restoration project newsletter has been created to provide more details of the project. A copy can be obtained from the country park visitor centre or the Hastings Information Centre in town.
For regular restoration project updates check out the wildhastings news section on www.wildhastings.org.uk/news.
The improved wildlife sightings section has been very popular on the website with sightings updated regularly. To include your own sightings and photos please try out the 'report a sighting' page at www.wildhastings.org.uk/sightings/reportsighting.aspx
All wildlife sightings are welcomed and recent ones have included albino squirrels, ring-necked parakeets at garden bird tables and more obscure wildlife such as the fly found at Hastings Castle that can usually only be found at a site in Wales.
Church Wood School has created a website for the bird box cam that was provided by the Wildspace! Funded nature reserve project and can now be viewed live at www.churchwoodcp.e-sussex.sch.uk/webcam.htm
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