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Please remember that Ashing Lane Nature Reserve was created to protect nature.
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Dogs should be on a lead - there may be sheep in the meadows and wildlife such as deer and ground nesting birds should not be disturbed.
Keep dogs out of the ponds and lake. There are bins for dog waste in the car park and near the main entrance into South Wood |
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... and PLEASE take your rubbish home
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Diversion coming soon
Photo taken on 4th February 2021
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The path from Dunholme Beck through the North Wood to our ‘Humber bridge’ will soon be closed for several months. This will allow essential groundworks to reduce flooding and improve access. It will then be re-seeded.
The alternative route will be along Green Lane i.e. from the Beck along the edge of Pickering’s Meadow to the main entrance. “Those who walked to the woods last winter (2020-2021) will have experienced the flooding of the rides, particularly in the northern section between the ‘Humber bridge’ and the beck. To remedy this, we will be raising the walking surface above the flood level. The surface will be rolled and reseeded with grass. The scraped margins will be sown with a wildflower mixture suitable for the wet heavy clay soils. A series of small ponds will be dug along the length of the ride to hold excessive water during the winter. These will provide additional wildlife habitats. Visitors will still be able to access the Reserve via well marked diversion signs.” (Rod Newborough: Forester’s Jottings: Scothern Parish Magazine, August 2021) |
Have you discovered the picnic table through the willow tunnel?
Steve Orient's photo gallery - seen at ALNR
Peacock butterfly on Fleabane, thanks Rod Newborough
Waterlily in Beatles Pond, thanks to Julia Ambrose
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Purple loosestrife in the Wykes, thanks to Chris Williams
Guelder rose, thanks Rod Newborough
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A Wildlife Tower for Ashing Lane Nature Reserve
07/05/21 Update:
A very warm thank you to the all of the generous contributors to this project - it has been fully funded and is planned to go ahead during this year - look out for updates! |
Our new habitat creation scheme
Our crowdfunding for this project has been successful and we will build a Wildlife Tower which will provide homes for all kinds of birds, butterflies and beasties, based on this lovely design from the Barn Owl Trust. Their first tower "has been occupied by at least four species of bat including Lesser Horseshoe, over-wintering butterflies and other invertebrates, Little Owl, Kestrel and Barn Owl nesting simultaneously as well as House Sparrow and other small birds. House Sparrow is Red Listed as a Species of Conservation Concern, Kestrel and Barn Owl are Amber Listed." We HAVE RAISED £4000 for materials and we will build it with our very own hands! This project has also been generously supported by Lincolnshire Life magazine who are celebrating their 60th year, and have included ALNR in an article in their April issue of the magazine (pages 120-3). |
14/08/21 Update:
The process for gaining Planning Permission is underway, hopefully we will be able to report that is granted soon, so we can start work. The site for the tower has been finalised and an increasingly large pile of recycled bricks is developing.
The process for gaining Planning Permission is underway, hopefully we will be able to report that is granted soon, so we can start work. The site for the tower has been finalised and an increasingly large pile of recycled bricks is developing.
Now installed..
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https://www.thebikestoragecompany.co.uk/product/the-toastrack-cycle-rack/
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NWT thanks everyone who shopped at Nettleham Coop, supporting Community Champions.
We have used the money we have received to produce this interpretive board, now placed near the lake in Cooperative Wood. |
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Swans on the lake in Cooperative Wood 31/12/20
Late summer dragonflies at ALNR
.Thanks to Rod Newborough for the photos.
For help identifying dragon and damselflies, please visit https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/species-and-identification/
For help identifying dragon and damselflies, please visit https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/species-and-identification/
Lincoln Lottery
After winning 3 free tickets 3 weeks running, but no cash, on 20 June Dr. L. M. won £250 in the Lincoln Lottery. He got four numbers out of six.
He has donated half his winnings to NWT! Thank you, Dr LM
09/08/20 Dr LM did it again! He won £25 yesterday and gave it to Nettleham Woodland Trust, thank you very much!
20/09/20 And this week Mr CW won £25 and donated it to Nettleham Woodland Trust, much appreciated!
He has donated half his winnings to NWT! Thank you, Dr LM
09/08/20 Dr LM did it again! He won £25 yesterday and gave it to Nettleham Woodland Trust, thank you very much!
20/09/20 And this week Mr CW won £25 and donated it to Nettleham Woodland Trust, much appreciated!
If you would like to help support the development of the Ashing Lane Nature Reserve, how about participating in the Lincoln Lottery and choosing Nettleham Woodland Trust.
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NETTLEHAM WOODLAND
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Also in lockdown, because we enjoy going on a walk there we decided to raise some money for the trust. We chose to walk around the Close we live on and ask for some sponsors from our neighbours and friends and family. We thought it would be a good idea to do it on VE day which is why we decided to do 75 laps, this was about 5km. Lots of our neighbours came out to support us on this journey and to enjoy their afternoon tea . We had our VE day afternoon tea on our front garden in between doing all the walking.
After we did this Bertie was very tired, I was a bit tired too. In the end we raised £309. Thank you to Freddie and Bertie and well done! |
Close encounter... Ashing Lane Nature Reserve resident meets a young visitor
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Family Nature Trail in Monks WoodNettleham Woodland Trust (NWT) is developing a Nature Trail in Monks Wood. There will be marker posts, information boards and tree leaf labels, together with a leaflet. The Trail will guide visitors around the wood, give information on the wealth of wildlife and flora to be found and show how the trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers provide food and habitats.
The Nature Trail will add another level of interest, education and enjoyment for visitors to Monks Wood, part of Ashing Lane Nature Reserve. The Nature Trail has been made possible through generous funding from The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Lincolnshire County Council and Lincolnshire Co-operative. NWT also thanks Brenda Whittle for the original idea, NWT members who have given so much of their time and skills and the volunteers from Lincoln Conservation Volunteers and Lincolnshire Co-operative who will help install the boards. |
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Season's Greetings to all
Rod Newborough reports the first blackthorn blossom of spring 2020 at ALNR
Susie took this amazing photo at Coop Lake on Christmas morning.
Fungi found in the woods 22/10/19
Can you identify these fungi? If you recognise them, please send an email using the contact form. Each photo has a number lower left corner. Thank you!
Autumn tasks at Ashing Lane Nature Reserve
28 June to 7 July 2019 - Summer at last!
The Monk Oak Bench June 2019 |
Now installed, with thanks to our sponsors
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A Forester's Jottings Rod Newborough is the Woodland Advisor for Nettleham Woodland Trust. A professional forester for half a century he has gathered together collection of short stories which he has published in this booklet " A Forester's Jottings"
A unique insight into the life of a forester and excellent value at £3.00 a copy, inclusive P&P. All proceeds to NWT. Order your copy through Paypal... |
Drone footage of ALNR - summer 2018
With thanks to Richard Ball and Stuart Dallas.
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Clean It Up!
There are a few visitors to Ashing Lane Nature Reserve who do not TAKE THEIR LITTER HOME, but there are other wonderful folk who help us to keep ALNR such a wonderful place to visit and to them a very big THANK YOU! |
29 April 2017
Chris Williams has been looking closely at the drone footage that Mark has shot, and has done some research about some of the details revealed:
"Back in the day, I was a historian and of course read about making discoveries of ancient sites by the use of aerial photography to show old lines in arable fields. Well, it also works down Ashing Lane without a lot of sunshine, although what I can see is neither medieval nor Roman nor Iron Age.
The best example is at 38 seconds on [the] latest film, where there is a good view of South Wood. The hedges dividing Monks Wood from Coop Wood (left … or east) and Watts Wood (right or west) are obvious, but there are also two more north-south dividing lines, roughly from top to bottom either side of the South Glade.
These date back to the Dunholme Tithe Award of 1844. If I am right
- the right-hand third was numbered 79, It was known as Hardings Meadow, owned by Edward Watson and farmed by Thomas Moffatt. It was 7 acres, 1 rood and 1 perch in area.
- the other two sections were both numbered 78. They were known as Far Hardings, owned by Eliza Dixon and farmed by John Morris. They were 10 acres, 3 rood and 8 perch in area.
All three were described as ‘Meadow'."
Chris Williams has been looking closely at the drone footage that Mark has shot, and has done some research about some of the details revealed:
"Back in the day, I was a historian and of course read about making discoveries of ancient sites by the use of aerial photography to show old lines in arable fields. Well, it also works down Ashing Lane without a lot of sunshine, although what I can see is neither medieval nor Roman nor Iron Age.
The best example is at 38 seconds on [the] latest film, where there is a good view of South Wood. The hedges dividing Monks Wood from Coop Wood (left … or east) and Watts Wood (right or west) are obvious, but there are also two more north-south dividing lines, roughly from top to bottom either side of the South Glade.
These date back to the Dunholme Tithe Award of 1844. If I am right
- the right-hand third was numbered 79, It was known as Hardings Meadow, owned by Edward Watson and farmed by Thomas Moffatt. It was 7 acres, 1 rood and 1 perch in area.
- the other two sections were both numbered 78. They were known as Far Hardings, owned by Eliza Dixon and farmed by John Morris. They were 10 acres, 3 rood and 8 perch in area.
All three were described as ‘Meadow'."
New benches in Ashing Lane Nature Reserve
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We are pleased to announce that several splendid new benches have recently been installed in Monks Wood, thanks to a generous grant from the Dulverton Trust and a donation from Waitrose.
The gallery photos show the locations of the benches - you might like to take advantage of them yourself, to enjoy the now well-filled pond in the All Abilities Area or the classroom at the inner end of the willow tunnel. With thanks to the family using the picnic table and the dapper gent in the red jacket for permission to use these pictures. |
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Biodiversity
We like to record the different plants, birds and animals seen at our woodlands, please see the detailed pages in the ALNR menu for more information.
