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Thursday, November 22, 2018

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 ... weekly volunteers


Description:Present: Terry, Ian, Mike m, Mike p, David p, David a, Keith, Bob, Paul, Callum, Ben, Ray, Anda, Alan, Jonathan and Martin. Nick and Alex Joined from swt. Activities: - looked the ponies - bagged up some peat from roller stand - cleaned both water troughs - watered and checked the cherries. The water butt is now empty before tonight's rain - watered the hornbeam - successfully put up the kestrel box, and cleared a flight path - did some bramble clearance in front of the shed - demolished the old kissing gate, recycling the wood onto the log piles at the car park and the metal wires etc into Nick's vehicle. - erected most of the new kissing gate. Some work will be needed next week on the latch, the enclosure and rails. Observations: - woodlarks, chiffchaffs, song thrush, chaffinches, - a bit murky and cool, after the recent heat wave. Drizzle at the end of play. Martin

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