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Gossip Reports on the progress
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During 1999 the Millenium Commission granted the sum of £10,000 to create a haven for butterflies on part of Heddon Common. During the autumn the area was cleared of the willow bay herb and landscaped using a mechanical digger.
The work was carried out by the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers with the aid of local volunteers.
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{Oct 99} The first photograph shows the
site at an early stage of construction. The top soil has been removed and
used to create two mounds, one on the right and one below the butterfly.
The removal of the top soils should encourage the required plant species to grow on the exposed poorer sub soil. At this stage the foundations have been laid and the shape of the butterfly, created in stone, stands about half a metre in height |
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{Nov 99} At this stage the walls have been completed and the shape of the butterfly is clearly visible |  |
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(Feb 2000) In February the trees were planted around the perimeter of the area and the ground was raked over ready for the planting of the spring and summer meadows. A footpath was created around the butterfly. At the north east end of the site a stone plinth has been created to provide a base for a seat, which will look over the site and across the Tyne valley.
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