Grassy areas on Club Sites

Rob2CathDavies
Rob2CathDavies Forum Participant Posts: 145
edited June 2021 in Wildlife, Nature & the Great Outdoors #1

So pleased to see that on recent visits to club Sites, areas of grass are allowed to grow naturally and wildflowers are flourishing.  At Shawsmead tonight, crickets/grasshoppers (I’m not expert at identifying) are chattering away in the long grass near our caravan.  Gives the site a continental feel too!

At the previous site last week, Freshwater East, the ox-eye daisies and other wildflowers in the long grass areas were full of insects, especially bumble bees.

 

Marvellous.  Wildlife needs these more of these areas on CAMC sites.

 

N.B. Dolphins and choughs today near Llangrannog.

 

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  • Hja
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    edited June 2021 #2

    Wish it was like this on all Club sites - sadly it is not.  Stayed at Clumber Park in May (#nomowmay) Plenty of grass areas that could be left to grow with no inconvenience, but they were mowed.

    I did comment to the Club - not that I heard anything back.

  • LLM
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    edited June 2021 #3

    I wonder if we will ever get Cicadas in this country for that real continental sound and feel.

  • brue
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    edited June 2021 #4

    Oh no, that's not a sound I like! surprised

    Yes, lovely to see areas left to grow naturally. Plymouth Sound is another site that has areas left to nature.

  • Rob2CathDavies
    Rob2CathDavies Forum Participant Posts: 145
    edited June 2021 #5

    Glad to hear that about Plymouth Sound, and let’s hope that all sites have long grass/wildflower areas.  Incidentally, when staying at Plymouth Sound late August, if you walk down the lane to the beach there are glow worms in the grass verges.

  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,299 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2021 #6

    The new section at Bridlington had several large areas.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited June 2021 #7

     ... and I though the club was actively digging up the grass to put gravel down innocent

  • redface
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    edited June 2021 #8

    Getting to be a bit like the National Trust - everything must be wild, no sheep grazing, in case they disturb the bee orchids or whatever.

    Come back wardens with your mowers!

  • Amesford
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    edited July 2021 #9

    I wonder if the long grass would be a deterrent to the members we saw recently who erected their wind break on the grass (firebreak)  thus those on the adjoining pitch could not open their car door fully so struggled to get out 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2021 #10

    The best deterrent would have been the car driver asking them to move the windbreak.

  • Rob2CathDavies
    Rob2CathDavies Forum Participant Posts: 145
    edited July 2021 #11

    Obvs short grass for the pitching areas, but steep banks that are difficult to mow safely and some other areas are ideal for ‘no mow’ and good for insects, especially bees.

    We hope that all sites will be encouraged to re-wild some areas.  It just looks and feels right to help insects thrive, which in turn helps birds etc.

    For us, caravanning is a way of getting closer to nature, we prefer less hardstands, but appreciate the opposite view of most members.

     

     

     

  • Amesford
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    edited July 2021 #12

    I was surprised the wardens had nothing to say as they emptied the dustbins every day dead opposite that pitch  

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