6 October 2015 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Jonathan, David a, Neil, Mike p, Mike m, Keith, Alan, Ray, and Martin

Activities:

- work on new pond on ol1, including extending path round far side, pond clearing at the top
- bramble clearing, pollarding in copse at side of tool store
- maintenance of the large green cart, and using it to bring gorse piles behind the cottages to behind the tool store
- looked the ponies
- bagged up some bark and pear for mike m
- work in the ditch along the road, digging up bramble and gorse

observations:

- weather not nice so kept near the tool store
- but not as bad as forecast
- southern hawker near pond
- some items in shop taken


Martin

29th September 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

John, Keith, Bernard, Pat, mike m, mike p, Alan, Jonathan and Martin

Activities:

- replaced strainer, struts on a bit of fencing under the power lines which the ponies had knocked down
- with mark and Nick, cut down the birch stumps near the entrance, and a marked tree near Gilly g. Processed the brash and moved the logs back to the tool store log piles
- collected log piles from Reynard's way, breech's avenue and south heath and added to the log piles
- gorse work on south heath
- pollarding in copse near the tool store
- looked the ponies

observations

- nice day
- mike p brought some things for the shop
- passed on message that ray tantrum has died
- martin Allison will do a fungus foray on October 20, which people are welcome to join. we get this for free.
- discussed burning the bracken peat piles with mark


martin

22nd September 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

John, David p, Keith, Neil, Stuart, mike p, mike m, Jonathan, Alan and Martin

activities:

- looked the ponies
- because two ponies escape last week, added a chain to the post at the pinch gate
- some gorse work on south heath
- some more work on new dam on ol1
- cut some logs for firewood
- cleaned some tools
- John and Alan put some earth on the kissing gate surface and other maintenance, and did some similar work and drainage in front of the tool store

observations:

- weather not nice
- mike took the grass hook to sharpen it and returned the sharpened sickle.


martin


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15th September 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

John, Jonathan, Neil, Stuart, mike p, mike m, Keith, Alan, pat, and Martin

activities:

- looked the ponies
- checked and repaired the fence from car park to roller stand
- checked and oiled all locks on same route
- removed unknown padlock from double gates
- refilled leaflet box
- made the lock and chain on the small wooden gate operative
- cut gorse on south heath. enough for two large bonfires
- dug some shallow holes in area with sundews
- completed the Dam on OL1, diverted water flowing out of small pond and cleared some of the pond weed from it
- pulled and cut pine saplings in area infront of barn owl nest box
- scythed some bracken on south heath
- mended the top wire on the heave gate

observations:

- two hobbies on ol1
- woodlarks 2
- many fungi


martin

8th September 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

Alan, John, Jonathan, Pat, Neil, Stuart, Bernard, Keith, Michael m, and Martin

activities:

- looked the ponies
- finished the stile over the fence between south heath and ol1
- built a dam for the old pond on Ol1
- cleared bracken on the bird count route in Ol1
- John did some bracken digging

observations:

- hobbies, ravens, siskins, kestrel, chiffchaff, stonechat
- migrant hawker, southern hawker, speckled wood



Martin

1st September 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

Keith, Neil, Stuart, Bernard, Julie, Jonathan, and Martin.  John around, but did not find us.

Activities:

- looked the ponies
- started building new stile from south heath to ol1. And removing old stile

Observations:

- Buzzard, which landed in tree on ol1.  Hunting from pole?
- redpoll, marsh tit, Lt tits, nuthatch, hobby,
- on Monday, 2 spotted flycatchers, 3 grey partridges
- sundews appeared rather small
- stonechats
- Jonathan has first grandson

martin

25th August 2015 ... weekly volunteers

present:

John and grandson(5), Neil, Alan, Mike (
new guy from east grinstead), Stuart, David a, Ray and Keith

No Martin, who is ill with vertigo


Activities:

- looked the ponies
- finished the mending of Irish bridge and path over bog
- John +1 did some bracken pulling
- bracken and brash used in work
- checked stream for damage down to bridge and boundary.  all looked fine

observations:

- weather broke just before lunch, with heavy rain
- Mike p going to doctors today, and did not make coffee
- green wheel barrow taken by David for a lions's do


Martin