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...
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Robert Henry
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
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....
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Rachel Henry
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Rachel Henry
- Jun 21, 2019
- 1 min
Boost for the business
Aitch Conversation has successfully bid for South Pennine Leader Funding which will enable us to increase our capabilities in peatland...
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Robert Henry
- Apr 11, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Mar 27, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1 min
Heather Cutting
We've been busy cutting heather this year using our specialist alpine tractor to create firebreaks and diversify the age structure of...
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Robert Henry
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Rob
- Aug 24, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Rob
- Jul 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Jul 10, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Rob
- Jul 3, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Jun 6, 2017
- 1 min
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....
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Rob
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
Slowing the flow
Working for National Trust Hardcastle Crags we undertook some work to help with a flood alleviation project. Hebden Bridge suffers a...
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Rob
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Robert Henry
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Rob
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Rob
- Apr 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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