On Friday 8th December 2017 the Ward Williams Financial
Services team along with a few close colleagues from our Tax department, joined
the Surrey Wildlife Trust and other companies on a festive away day to help
remove invasive Scotts Pine from the heathland of Barossa, Camberley.
The importance of the maintenance of this rare heathland was explained
to us - Lowland heathland is only found along the fringes of northern
Europe and is protected under European legislation. Surrey has over 3,500 hectares of this internationally important natural resource
and the Surrey Wildlife Trust cares for 64% of it.
After a detailed security briefing, we all got to work sawing down trees
and clearing scrub to make a home for wildlife that thrives in heathland. We were able to bag the trees and take them
home for Christmas or they were piled onto huge bonfires with the help of the
lovely Surrey Wildlife Trust staff.
At lunchtime, we stopped to tuck into a hearty chilli, washed down with
warmed spiced cider. There was also the
opportunity to toast marshmallows over the fire.
In the afternoon, we were able to get festive and make our own natural
Christmas wreaths and the day was finished off with mince pies and more tea to
warm up after a hard day’s work.
The day was enjoyed by all and we were able to clear a large area of
heathland to restore it back to its natural state.
We would like to thank the Surrey Wildlife Trust for hosting such a well
organised and enjoyable day and for all their hard work in looking after
Surrey’s countryside.
You can find photos of the day here.
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