Tuesday, 14th May 2019 ... Weekly Volunteers

Present:

John b, Mike p, Mike m, Ian, David w, Paul, Stuart, Jonathan, Pat, Alan, Mark, Ray, Bernard, Terry, Keith, David a, and Martin

Activities:

- looked the ponies

- carefully cleared variegated yellow archangel from one spot in the car park.  Source was found to be a pile of garden waste that had been fly-tipped.  Three half buckets taken to tractor shed for long term storage until totally dry and dead.

- nest box survey

- final bout of ditch work. Mike has cleared up last piles on south Heath for future bonfire

- replaced stake on a hornbeam sapling tube

- partially filled in one grille, and dammed the outflow after the Irish bridge beneath the bench

- some bracken cutting along the top

Observations:

- Dartford on south Heath

- bog beacon everywhere

- weather OK

- another break in at the car park.  A van at lunch time.  Some correspondence since with Swt

- mark has left some feed for the ponies

- garden warbler in car park

- various young plants exchanged hands in the shop

Martin