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Sunday, August 18, 2013

13th August 2013 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Mike, Alan, Pat, Neil, David a and martin

Activities:

- lookered ponies.  Very difficult, grazing in bracken in trees
- pond work north of bridge
- selective shrub work south of bridge
- bracken scything and slashing along path back to cuckoo pond
- bridge work and attempt at improving slope on west side


Observations:

- 3 buzzards, young from nest near foresters cottage?
- stonechat
- sparrow hawk yesterday
- smallish toad at bridge
- g r dragonfly, common d
- noted notice board is broken
- dodder flowering on road
- verges of road cut
- new top lodge tenants coming apparently in first cottage




Martin

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