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Sunday, November 3, 2013

10th September 2013 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Jonathan, David p, Mike, Keith and Martin

Activities:

- bracken pulling along the top to bench and a bit
- reduced tree stump by notice board by popular demand
- bracken work on SH near trough, and along road, including some ragwort
- pollarding birch and holly on SH behind tool store, brash in ditch
- lookered ponies.  Above and below high beeches.  13 on the reserve and 5 on anita's.  Phoned Monty.  The 6 from broadwater, were unloaded today and one jumped the fence.  Frank happy with gate being open.

Observations:

- ol2 has been grazed, but plenty of food still there. Plenty of work for the ponies to do.
- redstarts, swallows, 2 herring gulls.
- no deer
- meadow pipits
- many fungi
- speckled woods, brimstone


 martin

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