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Friday, April 17, 2020

Tuesday, 25th June 2019 ... Weekly Volunteers

Present:

John, John b, Stuart, Ray, Ian, Mike m, Terry, David a, David w, Keith and Martin

Activities:

- looked the ponies and cattle
- bracken pulling along the top and down to stoney pond
- pine and birch pulling in the triangle in front of the chalet box
- putting up three mended nest boxes
- checked the reptile tins
- checked out fallen tree at the crossroads
- spoke to new estate manager at old lodge and got permissions for conservation work in ol1 and ol2
- rechecked the yellow variegated archangel in the car park, and had to dig out about ten newly spotted bits.

Observations:

- weather hot and humid.  Not nice working conditions
- plenty of dragonflies, including emperors, golden ringed, broad bodied, large red, azure
- plenty of orchids
- couple of adders
- missel thrushes, Stonechats, blackcaps, woodlarks, tree pipits, tree creepers, 
- painted ladies, meadow Brown's, large skippers, holly blue
- broad bodied chasers laying in south Heath pond


Martin

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