{"id":2854,"date":"2019-05-13T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2023-06-28T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T08:42:17","slug":"threatened-species-and-ancient-woodland-set-to-thrive-at-hainault-forest-thanks-to-national-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/threatened-species-and-ancient-woodland-set-to-thrive-at-hainault-forest-thanks-to-national-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Threatened species and ancient woodland set to thrive at Hainault Forest thanks to National Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund\nhas awarded \u00a34.2 million to Redbridge Council to restore the forest to its\nformer natural and wild state and help threatened species thrive, including\neleven species of bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among them, the rare Barbastelle bat\nwhich was spotted there in 2017, the first time it had been seen in London for\n50 years, with further recordings in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sighting proved just how\nimportant Hainault is for wildlife. Surrounded by rapidly increasing and\ndiverse communities it is also a vital green space, with 500,000 visits\nprojected to the Forest every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, its habitats and species are in decline, its historic buildings are at risk of dereliction and the connection to the forest is being lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Martin Solder, Chair of Vision Board of Trustees, said:<br>\u201cAs Chairman of Vision \u2013 Redbridge Culture &amp; Leisure, I am delighted that Redbridge has been successful in its application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund to secure \u00a34.247m to restore Hainault Forest. It is a site with so much potential as a regional visitor attraction but also not forgetting the heritage and health value for those that live in the borough. With a growing population, the value of open space is of primarily importance and this investment will create a lasting legacy for the site and future generations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>People from the community will play a central role in restoring their forest to its former wild glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apprentices, trainees and volunteers\nwill develop qualifications and skills in everything from forestry and orchard\nmanagement to catering and horticulture. Woodland Trust, Capel Manor College,\nLondon Wildlife Trust, Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL), London\nand Essex Bat Groups and the Orchard Project will provide training on caring\nfor veteran trees and woods, species-identification and ecological survey\ntechniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workshops, events and celebrations\nfor people of all ages will also help to create a connection and sense of pride\nand ownership for the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three currently derelict historic\nlisted barns will be restored with space for community, education and\ncommercial events. Families will be able to use The Main Barn to play and\ndiscover the stories of the forest and farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foxburrow\u2019s Farm will get a major\nupgrade and animals telling the story of the site\u2019s natural history will be\nintroduced including black fallow deer, dormice and a rabbit warren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the species the project will\nhelp survive and thrive are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eleven species of bat, including rare\nBarbastelle<\/li><li>Barn, Tawny and Little owls<\/li><li>Misletoe<\/li><li>Badgers<\/li><li>Great crested newts<\/li><li>Veteran trees, including hornbeam and\noak<\/li><li>Fallow deer<\/li><li>Hawfinch<\/li><li>Marsh sow thistles<\/li><li>Common toads<\/li><li>Hedgehogs<\/li><li>Stag beetles<\/li><li>Nightingales<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded \u00a34.2 million to Redbridge Council to restore the forest to its former natural and wild state and help threatened species thrive, including eleven species of bat. Among them, the rare Barbastelle bat which was spotted there in 2017, the first time it had been seen in London for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[591,133,134],"class_list":["post-2854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parks","tag-hainault-forest","tag-national-lottery","tag-national-lottery-heritage-fund"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9768,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854\/revisions\/9768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}