bluebells, trees and regeneration

The blubells have started to poke through the scrubby woodland in Westfield Common that backs on to the beach - a sure sign of imminent May and warmer air. I spent the last week on a small boat bobbing up the Irish sea, with plenty of time to plan and scheme, and got back to news that Eastleigh council are looking to 'offload their assets'......including the common. For once this is good news. The plan is to give it to the local parish council who, in turn are keen to restore the woodland and to make it into a nature reserve. A decent and a proper approach to the beach that hopefully will get back to being a haven for wild flowers, rare shrubs, birds and invertebrates. ilovemybeach is going to get involved and we're going to try and make it something really special. Plans are forming and all will be revealed here first.