Broad/Marsh memories - page 5
BROAD and MARSH:
Page 4
Environment worries
Working with the Wildlife Trust
Deer…
…and badgers
Reed and sedge cutting
A surfeit of vipers…
Mechanisation of reed cutting
Management of the Broad
George Bishop and Whiteslea
Managing the Broad
Eastfield Mill blown up…
Reed cutting and clearing dykes
Meg, scythe and didle
The technique of reed cutting
Bird life
Shooting a hare
Change in the marshes
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Reed cutting wasn’t just about picking up a scythe and getting on with it!
Here Harcourt Warnes talks about the way they set about it
Page created 11/6/20