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A recently extended patch of heathland and woodland, neighbouring Wyming Brook.
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David Stevenson chose ‘Making time and Space for Nature’ as the project theme for his tenure as Club Captain. With a little help from our Community Nature Advisors they've done just that!
Dore & Totley Golf club Club Captain David Stevenson took on the advice of our Community Nature Advisors and recruited a team of volunteers to rewild their grounds and make space for nature.
David wanted to make the golf club more friendly for nature and wildlife, whilst educating members and visitors as to the importance, and hopefully inspire other clubs to do the same.
The enthusiastic group carried out the extent of works by themselves and were successful in digging a pond in a previously unused boggy area of their site and transforming the surrounding area into a habitat for mammals, birds and invertebrates.
Areas of woodland were carefully managed to create glades and allow light to reach the woodland floor, and bird boxes and hedgehog houses were installed in trees around the pond, allowing the space to function as an ecosystem by pulling together habitats.
Most of the birdies and eagles before this project were obtained on the golf course but it’s just fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable to see all the wildlife on the course whether it’s a Barn owl or a Buzzard. We have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the project and sharing what we have seen with others in the club. We would love to share this with other people if they are interested in making their course better for nature. It’s such good fun and it’s easy to make space for nature. Being part of the group has been very rewarding, it’s great to get out and do something positive for nature and we are looking forward to doing more actions for nature with the group.
Most of the birdies and eagles before this project were obtained on the golf course but it’s just fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable to see all the wildlife on the course whether it’s a Barn owl or a Buzzard. We have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the project and sharing what we have seen with others in the club. We would love to share this with other people if they are interested in making their course better for nature. It’s such good fun and it’s easy to make space for nature.
Being part of the group has been very rewarding, it’s great to get out and do something positive for nature and we are looking forward to doing more actions for nature with the group.
David told us “Even people who are not members of the group have been actively interested in the project and keen to spot wildlife when they are playing on the course and we get really excited about seeing it too. It feels like the project is going viral. When we go up to the club house there is always someone talking about birds, the project and the wildflowers. There is a lot of interest and its growing all the time.”
David and the group are keen to help and inspire other golf clubs in the Sheffield and Rotherham area to become more nature friendly. If you’d like to talk to them about their experience and find out how to do the same for your club do get in touch with them: https://www.doreandtotleygolfclub.co.uk/
Photo credits David Stevenson