Aerial photo taken 2000
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Sketch of field as Nov 2003
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Bear Mead Field #5
Location
Field #5 lies on the flood-plain of the River Stour in Dorset about 200 metres South of the river. This and surrounding fields have been run as pasture or meadow for centuries, a heavy crop being available in July. In the last winter the field flooded to a depth of about 0.3 metres four times.
Situation
300 Quercus robur saplings in 10 litre pots in the Nursery are ready to plant in the field. All were collected as acorns from the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, 225 in the year 2000, 75 in 2002. Size varies from 0.3 m to 1.1 m tall. A spacing of 10 metres is suggested, planting rank-and-file requires 184. It is proposed to plant out the largest 100 within the deer-fence in February 2004, the next 100 in 2005, leaving the final 100 as spares. The perimeter deer-fence is necessary because of roe-deer found all year in moderate numbers.
Field Area
=313x82=25,666 sq m
=2.57 hect=6.34 acres
Deer-fenced Area
=276x74=20,327 sq m
=2.03 hect=5.0 acres
Nursery Area
=36.5x9=328.5 sq m
Pond/Well
Diameter=11 metres
Depth=2 metres
Supplies 300+litres per day.
Water Table
=1.5 m down, 0.5 m deep
Oct 03 (after 8 months drought)
Hedges
790 metres total
Ash (32), Oak (3)
Hawthorn, Blackthorn
Brambles.
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