Mink and crows may be trapped and foxes shot. August The willow management season. Both pollarding and coppicing techniques are used. Willows may be required to grow fairly tall to form screens to areas sensitive to disturbance. In other areas, they have to be kept short to provide the bushy habitat favoured by nesting warblers.
Willows are invasive so in some areas they are prevented from encroaching.
In particular, they are kept away from wader breeding areas as crows use them as vantage points. September Grazing continues, if the weather allows. The main lagoon is flooded to form a shallow wet area, with seeds flushed from the plants - a dining area for the first arriving winter ducks. October Cattle leave the reserve through the month. The reserve is left for the wildfowl to feed and rest in peace.