Photos by Richard Fox - 12th September 2006

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Images 1 to 41 show the construction of an artificial sett in the village of Weir near Bacup on the 12th September 2006.
This work was authorised and licensed by English Nature under Badger Licence No 20062548.

Richard Fox 1 Loose wooden walls and ceilings	Richard Fox 2 External roof and walls	Richard Fox 3 Interior walls	Richard Fox 4 Toolkit

Richard Fox 5 Access pipes laid on on the ground	Richard Fox 6 Corridor pipework laid out on ground	Richard Fox 7 Trench area marked out on the ground	Richard Fox 8 Starting to assemble the walls

Richard Fox 9 Fastening the walls together	Richard Fox 10 Fastening the walls together #2	Richard Fox 11 Fastening the walls together #3	Richard Fox 12 Removing the turf

Richard Fox 13 Assembling the second chamber	Richard Fox 14 Backfilling around the nesting chambers	Richard Fox 15 Measuring up where to cut the pipe	Richard Fox 16 Putting the pipe into position

Richard Fox 17 Cutting the pipes using a Stihl petrol saw	Richard Fox 18 Cutting the pipes using a Stihl petrol saw #2	Richard Fox 19 Cutting the pipes using a Stihl petrol saw #3	Richard Fox 20 Removing sharp edges from the cut ends of the pipe

Richard Fox 21 Wiring the pipes together at the T junction	Richard Fox 22 Fitting the Blind Tunnel	Richard Fox 23 Blind tunnel in place and covered by an offcut to seal the joint	Richard Fox 24 Backfilling around the chambers

Richard Fox 25 Backfilling around the corridor pipe	Richard Fox 26 Wiring the pipes together at another T junction	Richard Fox 27 Cutting the pipes using a Stihl petrol saw and a panel saw	Richard Fox 28 Backfilling around the main trench pipes

Richard Fox 29 Pipework about to be covered	Richard Fox 30 Lower access pipe in situ in its trench	Richard Fox 31 Backfilling around the main trench	Richard Fox 32 Backfilling around the main trench #2

Richard Fox 33 Fastening the weld-mesh together using the special bending tool	Richard Fox 34 Fastening the weld-mesh together using the special bending tool #2	Richard Fox 35 Backfilling over the chambers	Richard Fox 36 Backfilling over the chambers #2

Richard Fox 37 Landscaping the main trench area	Richard Fox 38 Upper access pipe in situ in its trench	Richard Fox 39 Landscaping the area prior to recovering with turf. Entrance hole is at the bottom centre.	Richard Fox 40 The problem sett entrance at the side of the country lane

Richard Fox 41 The problem sett entrance underneath the shed

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