Dead wood for wildlife
An important, but often overlooked, element of wildlife preservation is the presence of dead and decaying wood.
Many species of lichens, mosses, fungi and invertebrates depend for part or all of their life cycle on the presence of dead wood. Birds, including woodpeckers and willow tits need dead wood within their habitats for feeding and nesting Holes in dead wood are vital to bats and owls as breeding and roosting sites
Badgers may also rip bark from rotting logs or tree trunks to get at any juicy grubs inside the bark. Log piles provide a valuable home for the invertebrates. A wide range of 'creepy crawlies' are eaten by the world's badgers. Insects (such as the larvae of beetles, bees, wasps and moths), scorpions, spiders and molluscs (particularly snails) are all devoured by most species of badgers The earthworm however is the single most important food item for badgers.
You will find many small log piles here at Langdon providing shelters for small insects in turn they provide food for the badger sets living here.