Lloyd90 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Can you plant or transplant bracken from one area to another? Such as a woodland that is lacking much cover after being felled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaferret Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 Just now, ninjaferret said: Just dig it up and stick it in? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartyboy Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Be careful with planting bracken. Its widely regarded as a pest. Its carcinogenic, practically impossible to walk through in the summer and provides little benefit to conservation as once it dominates, nothing else will grow under it. If its a commercially felled wood, you don't want bracken as you will need to replant trees and bracken stops or inhibits tree growth due to blocking light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 Plenty of other cover choices and agree with stuartybpoy, carefull how you handle bracken. Nettles would be a better choice in my opinion and I hate them but at least they harbour insects and stuff birds enjoy. Easier to bring in some brash and old christmas trees. I know one keeper who goes around the village collecting christmas trees after the festivities and puts them in his release pens and covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 thanks lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 LLoyd We clear felled most of our woods The cover - regen - coppice after 2 years is incredible We had a record season in year 1 and are set to smash that this year - even with Covid We have gone from ana average of 50/60 to well over 120 The other wildlife that has come and continues to come is incredible regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just coppiced some of my hazels down to the ground but I bet by June/July it will be knee high in herbage and new growth. Laying elder and hawthorn and hazel will also provide ground cover but always drop them in the direction your beaters work the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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