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Arable Margins |
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The Arable margins are also part of the network of introduced footpaths that we
have put around the farm for walkers to enjoy. Along our Southern boundary
we have placed a series of large tree trunks for walkers to sit on and enjoy the
panoramic views across the Vale of Pickering, it is very easy to imagine
how the valley looked when it was a deglaciation lake 10,000 years ago.
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The margins are to increase the wildlife along our farm boundary. Animals
that use these are small mammals, beetles and insects. Owls, and Kestrels
have been seen to use these as hunting strips hunting for these small mammals.
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The 6 meter margins along the Northern boundary follow along the line of
Sherburn Beck which was dug as part of the major
drainage scheme in 1802 when the river Derwent was straightened. All
our fields along this area run in a North South direction to allow open ditches
to flow into this "Drainage cut". Into these open ditches under ground
clay pipes drain the fields of water which rises up in these fields from water
falling on the wolds.
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These open ditches are bridged so walkers can pass over them with ease. |
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