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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

8th june 2010 --- weekly volunteers

Present:  Keith, David, Ron, Neil, John, and Martin.  Mike sent apologies, and will be here next week

Activities:

- weather not good to start with, and rain forecast
- did bracken digging on south heath
- lookered ponies on South heath and main reserve
- felled 4 silver birch behind cottages, piled up logs and brash
- took down a couple of old stumps, but will leave the new ones to rot
- discussed 'ripples' and will give to an Oxfam shop
- sawed up some of the wood stored in the tractor shed.  These are bagged up there for taking later.


everybody had commitments in the pm, and so left after lunch.

Observations:
- woodlark near stream
- nightjar and 4 woodcock at the weekend
- nuthatch young being fed
- ravens appear to have left the nest
- no sign of hobbies
- sundews starting to come out, Bog cotton.
- green hairstreak towards the car park
- green hairstreak behind tool store on Monday.

martin

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