A wildflower space of a Fort Douglas park has been given a tidy up.
Volunteers from the Nationwide Belief for Scotland gave the part of Lochside Park its annual reduce utilizing a specialist flail mower.
The machine ensures the vegetation reduce might be eliminated successfully, maximising the biodiversity and species combine on the location.
Nationwide Belief for Scotland engagement ranger, Mary Smith, mentioned: “Visiting the meadow previous to mowing we had been actually excited to see pollinator exercise on knapweed and birds foot trefoil, even this late within the 12 months.
“It was an excellent morning’s work from our volunteer staff, as we reduce and raked the meadow to assist it to supply extra wildflowers subsequent 12 months – these will assist improve biodiversity not simply within the meadow however as a part of the jigsaw in growing biodiversity throughout the Fort Douglas space.”
The meadow was created in a bid to resolve a flooding downside in that space of the park.
Alder, cherry, birch and rowan bushes had been planted there earlier this 12 months because of a undertaking led by Fort Douglas Neighborhood Council, funded by the South of Scotland Tree Planting Grant Scheme.
Native resident, Jools Cox, mentioned: “This space of wildflower meadow, along with the reminiscences backyard orchard and meadow on the different finish of the park, has contributed vastly to the rise in moths, butterflies, pollinating bugs and birds noticed this summer time.
“There was a noticeable improve in swifts and swallows over the park.
“The pockets of wildflowers and seeding grasses within the park, and more and more in home gardens within the city, are important to maintain the native biodiversity that's severely underneath risk from intensive farming strategies and local weather change.”
Native councillor, Iain Howie, added: “This undertaking is a wonderful instance of collaborative working between the NTS, Dumfries and Galloway Council and the group council which has transformed a barren unproductive space and turned it right into a wildlife haven.