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Sunday, August 18, 2013

6th August 2013 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Alan, David a, Jonathan, Mike  and Martin

Activities:

- lookered ponies.  Difficult to count.  Probably all there. Split up and in bracken.
- pond and stream work, particularly mallard
- repair work and cleaning on bridge
- bracken scything and pulling along top to bench and then more by high beeches
- lowered the remaining nest boxes.  Two lids need replacing.


Observations:

- raptor being noisy.  Kestrel? Hobby?
- 2 ravens
- redstarts
- brown hawker, azures
- crossbills
- common blue, small heaths, comma, brimstone, m browns
- nuthatch
- mistle thrushes
- dodder in flower on road


 Martin

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