7th June 2011 ... weekly volunteers

Present:
John, Neil, Keith, Pat, Mike, Katherine, Anthony, Alan (new), Mike (new) and Martin

Activities:
- The second half of the last nest box survey done.
- lookered ponies
- put up the box that had fallen in the swamp.
- the path across top heath had quite a lot of birch lining it on both sides,  This and bracken and pine saplings completely cleared.  Mike used his scythe on bracken in various places.
- Ragwort on the cricket pitch, both sides, cleared and hidden under brash in the OL2 wood.
- more road works on the M1 and some bracken clearing along the main bank and sides of the wood.  Cleared out some of the existing channels, which seem to be doing their job.

Observations:
- slow worm under one of the corrugated sheets
- Turtle dove heard in two parts of the reserve
- virtually all boxes successful, and only one disaster.
- b.b.chasers. azures and large reds
- dodder now has some flowers on it.
- treecreepers, buzzard


Martin