4th October 2011 -- Weekly volunteers

Present :

John, Lee, Alan, Pat, Keith, Mike, David and Martin

Activities:

- cleared nestboxes in first half of circuit
- felled some yellow spotted pines shading 13th pond
- ring barked a couple of birches at ditto
- added some logs to dam
- dredged out west end of pond onto dam

Observations:

- raven, masses of redpoll and siskins
- woodlarks, including family party of 8 at west pond
- male young kestrel on stream
- crossbills
- meadow pipit, tree creeper
- a bat in one nest box, plenty of bumble bee nests which were left
- damsons next week
- alan wanting some logs
- david's friend wanting dung from mike's contact

Martin