When one considers the now heavy usage of Quakers Coppice by dog walkers and the now limited ground vegetation, the following extract from a 1985 Cheshire Wildlife Trust leaflet shows how things have changed: “The reserve is closed during the main nesting season March to June inclusive. While the site has many mature trees, there is now limited ground cover for ground nesting or ground feeding wildlife. The site is regularly used by pedestrians and is heavily used by dog walkers. In 2010/11 the area had a surfaced pathway laid through the site and a pond dipping platform installed. When Colin first visited the area in the early 1980’s there were no paths, ground vegetation was mainly dense brambles and it was difficult to walk in the wood. Juveniles were ringed in the nest each year but there were no recoveries. These were monitored in detail from April to September each year from 1991 to 2001, providing comprehensive data for this period. Several large-hole boxes specifically for Stock Doves were provided in 1991. Additional small-hole boxes were provided by Colin in 19. ![]() The management and monitoring of the nest boxes was taken over by Colin Lythgoe and Bryan Perkins. The Wildlife Trust put up boxes numbered 1 to 16. ![]() Nest boxes were first provided at Quakers Coppice in 1985 by Cheshire Wildlife Trust, who managed the area at that time. The Coppice is owned by Cheshire East Council but managed by ANSA Environmental Services. Quakers Coppice is an area of mature woodland of about 4.5 hectares, on the edge of the Crewe Gates Farm Industrial Estate, at map ref SJ724545.
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