19th September 2017 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Bob, Alan, Ian, mike m, mike p, Stuart, Jonathan, Bernard, Terry, and Martin

Activities:

- looked ponies and cattle
- created an Irish bridge over the muddy pond in the track down from the bench, using trees that we got from thinning pine around the bench and bracken behind the bench
- cut various new channels to divert the water, and cleared out the existing ones
- cut some birch near frog marsh pond, and laid branches on the fans of that pond and amex pond to stop pony erosion of the dams
- choose a route for new fire break across from the bench to Jilly's. Walked the route to check for difficulties. Two slit trenches need to be avoided.


Observations:

- a Dartford warbler was heard calling
- ravens having fun
- buzzards calling
- meadow pipits have arrived


Martin