13th January 2015 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Keith, Neil, David a, Ian, Ray, Mike, Alan, and Martin

Activities :

- brought into the shed some logs to dry ready for cutting
- covered up the gorse log pile, and the end of the long log pile with off-cut roof material from Mike
- major clean of gully going under the road,
- and exposing the pipe ends which feed rain water into the gully
- filled visitors brochures at car park
- bonfire just east of birch grove of pine brash
- took down hung birch branch nearby
- felled thin birch in birch grove sphagnum area, using logs as mini-berms to increase bogginess
- walked back along stream inspecting storm damage to ponds.  Rather little.
- stored some donated tools in shed
- cleared some soft mud from parking area


Observations:

- very wet underfoot, with very large stream
- some nice sun and blue sky, followed by heavy rain and cold
- 2 woodlarks
- 2 woodcocks
- 1 raven


Martin