1st November 2011 -- weekly volunteers

Present :

John, Jonathan, Neil, Mike, Pat, David and Martin


Activities:

- wired the new part of the causeway
- resurfaced and mended sides of main cause way
- cleared weed out of the first pond downstream of causeway
- went to 'owl' wood below the high beeches, and took down a number of yellow spotted
   birch.  Three brash piles and one pile of four foots.
- pulled a few pine saplings nearby
- said hello to the chain saw training gang

Observations :

- reed bunting, crossbills, skylarks, siskins
- herring gull, meadow pipit, treecreepers, longtail tits
- redpolls
- common darter 2, southern hawker 2, red admiral
- more fungi
- buck with only one big horn
- fabulous day
- all damsons now gone
- John wanting to cut more pines by river next week

Martin