Langold Lake Management Plan - Bassetlaw District Council

Langold Country Park
OPEN SOME AREAS OF BANK BY POLLARDING/COPPICING TREES.
POLLARD BANKSIDE WILLOWS.
REMOVE INVADING SCRUB FROM AREAS OF TALL WETLAND
VEGETATION.
LAY (PARTIALLY FELL) SMALL TREES/BUSHES ON MAIN ISLAND INTO
WATER TO PROVIDE FISH SPAWNING AREAS NESTING SITES FOR
WATER BIRDS.
CONTROL AND RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS AROUND THE LAKE.
Church Street entrance grasslands
The western grassland is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation and managed
as a summer meadow under the Blue Butterfly Scheme. At present there is a late
summer cut, usually in August, and the arisings are not collected and removed. To
prevent the build up of thatch and reduce nutrient levels arisings should be removed.
The eastern grassland is damp in low-lying areas of impeded drainage and has some
botanical interest. It is currently under an amenity grassland mowing regime.
Outline Prescriptions
REMOVE ARISINGS AFTER LATE SUMMER CUT OF WESTERN FIELD.
ENHANCE BOTANICAL DIVESITY OF EASTERN FIELD BY PLUG
PLANTING APPROPRIATE NATIVE SPECIES OF LOCAL PROVENANCE.
IN THE EASTERN FIELD, PUT AN AREA 2-3 M WIDE AROUND THE
WOODLAND PERIMETER INTO A SINGLE LATE SUMMER CUT REGIME
AND REMOVE THE ARISINGS.
Cadet Field
The Cadet Field is an area of interesting calcareous grassland, part of which is
managed as a summer meadow under the Blue Butterfly Scheme and is a Site of
Importance for Nature Conservation. At present, part of the field has a late summer
cut, usually in August, and the arisings are not collected and removed. To prevent the
build up of thatch and reduce nutrient levels arisings should be removed.
Outline Prescriptions
REMOVE ARISINGS AFTER LATE SUMMER CUT.
Lakeside Meadow
Along the southern shore of the lower lake there is an area of damper grassland under
power lines, which has some botanical interest. This area is cut early in the year and
then left uncut. The area would benefit from the arisings being removed and a second,
late summer cut.
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