11th October 2016 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Keith, Alan, Mike m, Mike p, Bernard, Steve, David a, and Martin

Activities:

- looked the ponies
- put up two more fire beaters
- drilled holes in two more fire beaters
- cleared pines and birch saplings north of the ride junction and down to high beeches
- dug a drainage ditch across the path at the bench
- put up a mended nest box near ride junction
- cleared low branches and bushes at the large gate entrance near the car park to enable the tractor and harvester to come onto the reserve. Rearranged the lock.
- cleared more branches at the corner of the wood west of the tool store and more Pollarding inside the wood
- collected some pony poo from south Heath
- ring barked 6 pine and birch near the bench
- cut down nettles and thistles behind the tool store and brambles along the edge of the path to the road.

Observations:

- chilly, but nice in the sun
- crossbills, siskins and redpolls
- redwings
- Raven
- 2 slow worms


Martin