Part of the wetland in autumn 2022. Photo: Holtti Hakonen
Vitmossen Wetland, Vöyri
The green hayfield floods easily and therefore cumbersome to farm. During spring floods the field is full of staging waterbirds on their way to find wetland to raise their young. What if there would be brood habitat right here? Photo: Holtti Hakonen
Let’s make plan, work the way through the necessary bureaucracy and get to work! Bulldozer is a cost-effective tool to create gentle slopes and durable dams at the wetlands. Photo: Holtti Hakonen
Almost ready! Lowest laying section of the field was untouched, providing perfect flooded habitat for birds while areas of soil extraction for dam construction provides space for wetland vegetation succession. Photo: Holtti Hakonen
At the back corner of Vitmossen property another small field edge had the same actions. Soil extraction are already filled with water and on the summer of 2023 the water will be raised to flood the low-laying grass for perfect brood habitat. Photo: Holtti Hakonen
