3rd April 2012 ... Weekly Volunteers

Present:

John, Jonathan, Mike, Pat, Neil, Ron, Keith and Martin

Activities:

- fencing work, replacing and mending posts on the boundary.  Virtually all our stock of posts used up.  About 20 posts redone.  Some old iron stumps hammered into ground
- 'wire cutting' section at house in corner, repaired and made into an easy climb over.  Occupants seem to be away.
- pond and stream work near bridge
- mike took load of gorse logs
- keith brought back 3 repaired nestboxes

Observations:

- 2 redstarts
- 15 crossbills
- 2 buzzards
- 2 Ravens
- gorse sprouting on burnt stumps
- 2 mandarin ducks in owl nest box off M1
- woodlarks

Martin