16th August 2011 -- weekly volunteers

Present:

Martin, John, Lee, Mike, Katherine, Antony,  Pat and David

Activities:

- cleared Cricket pitch ragwort, with plants being covered with brash in the OL2 wood
- pulled up saplings and small trees of Birch and Pine on the sides of the path towards the
  cross roads, on the plateau
- lookered the Ponies
- at the Cross roads, pulled some more saplings of  birch and pine
- Mike did some Scything of  bracken
- filled some bags of peat from below the roller stand, and these were taken by David off site
- cut down Two marked birch on south heath plus a bit of pollarding of previously pollarded trees
- Brash hauled to the corner, ready for the fire site the other side of the road

Observations:

- Gorse mite on road
- Dodder in usual place
- Hobby
- Raven

Martin