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Monday, October 25, 2010

19 October 2010 --- Weekly Volunteers

Present:

Martin and Mike

Activities:

- coppicing gorse on the south heath.  Breaking up some of the solid masses of tall gorse at the north east of the heath.  The brash was moved up to the road, ready to be taken across to the traditional fire-site.
- pollarding of a few silver birch nearby which were tending to shoot off.  Brash with the gorse brash.

Observations:

- nail fungus
- 2 crossbills
- flock of redwing
- 2 woodlark
- good flock of lesser redpoll


martin

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