Hi,
I am Speckler. I have a little bit of woodland in East Sussex. I work hard to figure how to manage it and I find this forum helps me a lot by aiding me in identifying species. Once I have a name for something I can research it.
I am totally in love with my wood and plan to manage it for the benefit of wild life, flora and fungi. That is not as easy as you may think. I don't really have much experience in these matters and a lot of thought is required.
I don't have much going for me, I have the assistance of a lifeboat man, he was the Parish tree warden but he got sacked. So if you are local then I would be very grateful for your help. You could PM me or leave a message.
A lot of the help that I would require would be just observing species, I am very interested in bats, butterflies and moths. You could dig a pond and I will be cutting down trees, just not yet. "Measure twice cut once".
Expert advice is invaluable.
The Speckled wood is in no way exclusive, all sorts of Parish councillors walk their dogs there.
The blog is at
The Speckled Wood and you should visit before you offer to get involved.
One single offer of help would make this message worthwhile, well, if you were any good.
Colin