1st November 2016 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Steve, Keith, Ian (new volunteer), David a, Neil, Stuart, Mike m, Mike p, Alan, Bernard, Graham and Martin

Activities:

- looked ponies
- finished clearing the nest boxes
- pond work on level pond and slip pond
- pollarded some hollies at the back of the tool store,
- pulled some birch and pine saplings near the pillow mound and near the high beeches
- mended a lopper
- put up the last mended fire beater
- collected some pony poo from south Heath
- cut some more invasive bramble near the tool store

Observations:

- nice weather to start with, but at coffee time a cold foggy front came in and it was not so good
- 2 separate wood Lark singing
- big numbers of wood pigeons. Say 500 plus
- meadow pipits, reed bunting, goldcrests, redpolls, goldfinch, long tailed tits
- Jack has now moved

Martin