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Friday, November 25, 2016

4th October 2016 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Jonathan, Alan, Keith, Stuart, Neil, David a, David p, Graham, Steve, Pat, Mike m and Martin

Activities:

- continued fencing on south Heath, using up last 9 posts available
- looked the ponies.

- on OL1
- coppiced small Willow trees growing in the ditch down the boundary with the common land, stacking the brash as habitat piles
- extending the dam round the west side of the pond up to the tree, with mud and tussocks dug out of the main pond, and some cut birch logs and brash, and cut bracken.
- cut out some puddles in the area with sundews, to increase the germinating surfaces available to them.
- hammered in one of the posts of the style which has been used by ponies for scratching

- On reserve
- John did some birch sapling pulling
- pollarding of Holly and birch in the copse next to the tool store, and cutting down Holly and beech branches at the corner of the track and the road.  Brash put behind the tool store.
- cut holes in two fire beaters ready to put up on their stands
- tidied up the gorse wood pile

Observations:

- woodcock, Raven, kestrel
- a bit cold to start with, but sunny and nice after lunch
- Jack and Joan getting ready to leave soon
- shop had a good day
- Raft spider, dragon flies, comma
- Stonechats


Martin

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