Trencher & Machinery Hire

Legacy Habitat Management have opened the new year with the launch of a new trencher hire and specialist machinery hire service.

We have a number of specialist trenching machines available at competitive prices, ranging from a small but versitile pedestrian trencher, up to a large excavator mounted trencher, capable of cutting through concrete and hard aggregates. Specifically designed for cable laying and drainage systems, they are ideal for cutting trenches on wildlife fencing projects such as newt fencing, water vole fencing etc.
As well as trenching machinery, we have other equipment available for hire to assist in other projects such as fencing, scrub clearance, seed collection etc.

Full list of available equipment :

• AFT MH100 Excavator Mounted Trencher
• AFT Whizz Wheel Trencher  
• Bobcat Chain Trencher LT313  
• Camon TR12 Pedestrian Trencher  
• Quickfencer  
• PP3 Post Puncher  
• Peruzzo C2000CHS Contractor Flail Mower Collector   

Visit: www.hire-trencher.co.uk for further details or call 0114 276 0001 where we will be happy to assists with your enquiry.

Legacy Habitat Christmas Grand Prix 2009

Friday 11th of December was the date for our Christmas party and the great Legacy Habitat Christmas Go-Karting Grand Prix 2009.
Last year's victor Martha Brown was looking nervous before the event, desperate to hold on to her title. Many others were there to try and ensure that she didn't.
This year's event was held at Raceway karting in Pontefract, Yorkshire, a change from last year's Sheffield venue.
After initial warm up rounds, it was in to the competition rounds and Martha was looking strong, winning her first 2 heats. Matt Dixon and I were also doing well. The 3rd heat proved to be the troublesome one for some due to a collision between Martha, Ian Henderson and I in which Martha claimed to have sustained an injury. I suspect her confidence was now waning and was looking to prepare an excuse.
The collision helped set the starting grid positions for the final which were to end up deciding the outcome of the competition. Matt in pole, me in 2nd and Martha in 3rd. Tensions were also building as those involved were out looking for the perpetrator of the collision.
Matt got off to a flying start with me chasing his tail all the way, but just could not overtake, fluffing a corner on the final lap made sure I stayed behind. Martha was struggling to keep up with the front markers, presumably having trouble with that 'injury', and battling it out with Ian for 3rd and 4th place.
The racing was over and it was time to hear the final results:
3rd place: Martha Brown
2nd place: ..... Matthew Dixon?
1st place: ..... Martyn Werner?
A very strange final placing, and a slightly hollow victory, I can only assume that Matt was somehow penalised for unsportsman-like conduct and causing general mayhem on the track. Anyway, the judge's decision was final and that was good enough for me ;-)
Rob Fratczak claimed the prize for the fastest lap overall, this remains undisputed.

Despite the argy-bargy, which was all part of the fun, a great afternoon was had by all. This was followed by a lovely meal at Zeugma back in Sheffield and all washed down with a pint or two in the local.

Merry Christmas to all our blog readers and wishing you all a prosperous year in 2010.

Course: Great Crested Newts, Licencing & Mitigation

Legacy Habitat Management Ltd are pleased to announce that they will be demonstrating great crested newt fencing installations at the Great Crested Newts, Licencing & Mitigation course run by Amphibian & Reptile Conservation in partnership with Golder Associates and the Field Studies Council.
This event will take place over 3 days from January 19th to 21st at Preston Montford Field Studies Centre.

Training will cover:

•  Project Planning
• An introduction to licence applications
• Completion of the Natural England Template for Method Statement to support application for licence in respect of great crested newts (Form WML-A14-2)
• Running a mitigation project
• Great crested newt fencing demonstration by Legacy Habitat Management Ltd
• Project management and completion
• Workshop using a local scenario

For further details of this course, please visit the ARC website or download a pdf course brochure.

Legacy Habitat Times - Autumn 2009

Our latest Legacy Habitat Times newsletter is now available for download from our news page, along with previous issues:
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Providing recent news of our newt fencing, water vole fencing and other wildlife fencing activities. This issue also includes an article on ecology and the law, highlighting some of the issues raised when development impacts on European Protected Species.

New Tools Section on wildlifefencing.co.uk

wildlifefencing.co.uk now has a tools section for your wildlife fencing needs.
We aim to bring you quality fencing tools at competitive prices. Current product range is small but we are looking at expanding the range in the near future.
Please keep checking the site for new products.

Busy, busy, busy

Legacy Habitat Management contracting staff have been extremely busy on the ground installing newt fencing over the closing summer months. This time of year is often a very busy time for newt fencing work as the newt trapping window starts to close.

 
Great Crested Newt trapping can only take place whilst outside temperatures allow. If the temperature drops below 5°C, newts become immobile and cannot be trapped. This means the potential loss of a trapping days, which can in turn hold up any development projects. Developers are often therefore very keen to get any newt fencing projects, with associated trapping, out of the way before colder weather arrives and trapping cannot be completed, thus, possibly delaying a development project until the following spring.

Legacy Habitat Management are pulling out all the stops to meet your newt fencing requirements in these crucial months before the onset of winter.
We have recently carried out newt fencing projects at:

Longcliffe Quarry, Derbyshire
Ashton Vale, Bristol
Northstead Valley, Scarborough
Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Sherringham Shoal, Norfolk
Wentloog, Cardiff

Remember that www.wildlifefencing.co.uk stocks pitfall traps, floats & mammal ladders for your Great Crested Newt trapping projects.

Legacy enters the minute newt fencing market

... or the mi-newt fencing market!
This rather clever piece of online software transforms photographs so that they appear to be taken using a photography technique called 'Tilt-shift':
http://tiltshiftmaker.com/
Proper tilt-shift photography requires the use of special lenses, that can be very expensive. This software, although possibly considered cheating, can produce some quite nice effects, and seems to work quite well with photographs of newt fencing, often not the most photogenic subject. The effect produces a very shallow depth of field and often makes the subject appear as though it were miniature.
See our examples below:




More information about tilt-shift photography can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography