20th September 2016 ... weekly volunteers

present:

John, Bernard, Alan, Ray, Pat, Mike p, Mike m, Steve, Stuart and Martin

activities:

- mended fence from the crossroads to the hunt gate, including one new post and a new strut at the slight bend.
- cut 5 channels across the path down from the chestnut wood to reduce the boggy conditions of winter.
- ring barked around a dozen trees in two areas.  half way between the fence corner on beeches avenue and the bridge, and on the new edge to the plateau Heath.  in both cases trying to break up lines of pines, and to create breaks.
- pulling small birch saplings around the cross road and further down towards the stream
- cleared west pond
- looked the ponies

observations:

- cooler and still. quite nice for work in the open
- meadow pipits
- house Martins and swallows migrating
- ravens


Martin