29th December 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

Keith, David a, mike p, Bernard, Alan and martin

activities:

- brought nest box and birdfeeder back to tool store. nest box with Keith for mending, and feeder is in the shop
- inspected the barn owl nest box, which was unused. put some dry bracken in as nest material
- checked the eggs from the tawny owl nest box. a egg fragments still around and with Keith
- looked the ponies
- had bonfire of gorse previously cut in the gorse triangle. cut some more gorse in the area and pollarded 4 birch trees, and fed into fire.

observations:

- quite nice weather but with two patches of rain
- single crossbill flying back and forth over us. possibly nesting
- 2 ravens messing around in courtship flights
- woodcock seem near swamp
- woodlark calling
- 4 redwings, Bulfinch, 2 Buzzard, reed bunting, blue tit


martin