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Sunday, April 20, 2014

8th April 2014 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Jonathan, Mike, Neil, Pat, Keith, Ray, David a and Martin

Activities:

- ring-barked birch en route to owl wood
- pollarded birch which was leaning across fence with foresters cottage
- recovered  tree tubes from pile hidden near this fence and put on edge of birch grove ready for use.
- two brash fires on edge of owl wood
- clear some brash off heather and piled on edge of birch grove
- pulled some birch saplings nearby
- inspected nest boxes to east of reserve. 2 nestboxes taken down for repair .  Need to be collected.
- inspected reptile tins.  1 lizard, 3 slow worms
- lookered ponies

Observations:

- Raven
- brambling
- crossbill
- buzzard
- tiger beetle


 Martin 

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