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Dragonfly removal
Bit of an unusal little job of removing a wooden dragonfly sculpture at RSPB Fairburn Ings. The weighty sculpture was anchored down to...
Robert Henry
May 8, 20211 min read
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Footpath work
We never seem to post much about our footpath work so here's a few photo's that I've dug out. We've worked extensively for National...
Robert Henry
May 8, 20211 min read
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Four heavy bridges
Four bridges in this steep sided wooded valley had come to the end of their lives so we were asked by Kirklees Council to replace them....
Robert Henry
May 8, 20211 min read
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New machinery in operation
Our new machinery is in operation restoring the UK's peatlands. We've invested £125000 in new equipment that will help us to deliver more...
Rachel Henry
Nov 4, 20191 min read
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Boost for the business
Aitch Conversation has successfully bid for South Pennine Leader Funding which will enable us to increase our capabilities in peatland...
Rachel Henry
Jun 21, 20191 min read
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Moorland Track Maintenance
We've completed over a kilometer of track maintenance for the National Trust in the Peak District recently. The track had deteriorated to...
Robert Henry
Apr 11, 20191 min read
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Molinia cutting for the RSPB
We've had a busy season of flailing this year. We finished it with a job for the RSPB cutting molinia. The work was to introduce a wider...
Robert Henry
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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Living Willow for Natural Flood Management
One of our latest projects has been installing living willow dams as an innovative method of natural flood management on the moors around...
Robert Henry
Mar 20, 20191 min read
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Heather Cutting
We've been busy cutting heather this year using our specialist alpine tractor to create firebreaks and diversify the age structure of...
Robert Henry
Jan 3, 20191 min read
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Beech Monoliths at Hardcastle Crags
We've been busy at National Trust Hardcastle Crags in the South Pennines creating 150 Beech monoliths. There were some areas of...
Robert Henry
Sep 12, 20182 min read
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Peak Naze Gully Blocking
Aitch have been successfully awarded a new contract with Moors for the Future carrying out gully blocking works on Peak Naze Moor. The...
Rob
Aug 24, 20171 min read
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Bracken Control
We've been carrying out some bracken control for National Trust Dark Peak Estate. The work is to help some trees to establish that have...
Rob
Jul 20, 20171 min read
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New Work Horse
We've got a new addition to the team at Aitch to help keep up with the workload. The new Ford Ranger will be a true work horse letting us...
Robert Henry
Jul 10, 20171 min read
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Natural Flood Management
We've recently being doing more natural flood management at Hardcastle Crags in Hebden Bridge with National Trust and Slow the Flow...
Rob
Jul 3, 20171 min read
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Footpaths at Hardcastle Crags
We've recently carried out a few little jobs at Hardcastle Crags continuing from the large footpath projects we did earlier in the year....
Robert Henry
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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Slowing the flow
Working for National Trust Hardcastle Crags we undertook some work to help with a flood alleviation project. Hebden Bridge suffers a...
Rob
Apr 20, 20171 min read
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Brown Knoll Flagged Path
Many will have known the quagmire of a path up to Brown Knoll on the Edale skyline and many were observed succumbing to the peaty depths...
Rob
Apr 20, 20171 min read
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Brash Spreading
Working for Moors for the Future we were engaged to spread over 2000 bags of heather brash onto bare peat at Bleaklow and Peal Naze. The...
Robert Henry
Apr 20, 20171 min read
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Tree planting
This season saw more tree planting for National Trust high Peak Estate. Nearly 15000 trees were planted on four sites across the Dark...
Rob
Apr 20, 20171 min read
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Heather Bales at Dovestone
Working for RSPB we installed 3000 heather bales as dams around the moors of Dovestones Reservoir at Greenfield, Oldham. The heather...
Rob
Apr 20, 20171 min read
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