1st July 2014 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Alan, Neil, Stuart, David P, Keith, Bernard and Martin

Activities:

- lookered ponies
- bracken digging on South Heath, road and M1
- put back up 2 nestboxes
- ragwort work on cricket pitch, some for tw composting, rest hidden in brash pile.  Those with cinnabar moth caterpillars left.

Observations:

- cess pit emptied.  Note lock on gate now positioned so that it needs combination
- woodlarks at cricket pitch
- owl nestbox used, but now has 6 cold addled eggs, probably 2 per year.  Fresh fluff in nest.
- moles at work at cricket pitch
- gold finch, redpoll, bullfinch
- Monty next week
- explained attitude to ragwort
- nightjar count on Wednesday at 9.30


Martin