6th May 2014 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

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

Activities:

- second half of nestbox survey
- pulled birch sapplings on slope below roller stand
- pulled bracken on M1
- took some peat from roller stand
- continued fencing work across middle of reserve, including taking off low barb and testing heave gates
- lookered ponies
- Keith returned rebuilt fire beaters

Observations:

- one slow worm
- 15 crossbills
- woodlarks, tree pipits
- sparrowhawk
- herring gulls
- raven
- cuckoo
- redpoll


 Martin