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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 ... Weekly Volunteers

Present:

John plus two grandsons, John b, Keith, Mark, Ray, Mike p, Pat, Alan, Bernard, David w, Ian, Jonathan and Martin

Activities:

- looked the ponies and cattle
- pond work on level and high ponds
- oiled various gates locks
- watered some of the cherries
- watered the hornbeam
- did a search for silver studded blues. Nothing
- took down the owl nest box along the m1
- exposed the 'tennis nets' around the badger sett
- checked the new barn owl nest box
- checked the car park for variegated archangel. Nothing.
- cleaned the main trough
- collected bags of dung from the cricket pitch
- checked and mended most of the problem fence posts on south Heath
- checked bracken in ol2
- pulled out some small ragwort behind the cottages


Observations:

- basically too hot to do any major work
- so mostly small easy jobs
- plenty of butterflies and dragon flies
- hobby
- j's grandsons had a great time.  No leeches found.
- exhibited the coachmaker's axe.  We are determined to try out for real soon
- frog and tadpole at level pond


Martin

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