26th October 2010 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Ron, Neil, Keith, Mike and martin

Activities:

- bonfire at the site behind the cottages, of gorse that had been cut nearby and last week's on South heath
- Road swept after moving the gorse across the road
- coppiced gorse at the bottom of the hill on south heath, and burnt it, creating a new bonfire site just above it.
- considered a further place to have a bonfire site below this belt of gorse for further cutting work.  It would be too much work dragging up hill to the new site.  Will need a north west wind for this to work.
- rain descended after lunch, and we went outr ways
- Mike took away some of the  large bags that his horse manure came in.

Observations:

- Fieldfares and Redwings
- 2 Ravens
- Nail Fungus
- Longtail Tit nest in Gorse

Occasional Notes:

- the mobile phone/camera has been returned to owner, and we all shared some of the thank-you box of chocolates.  The remaining chocolates ( as it is a big tin) are in the tractor shed awaiting the Sunday group and another helping for ourselves.



martin