Despite some light rain at times, today's Work Party at Ballachurry went ahead as planned. Once the nesting season is underway we shall have to cease work in many areas to avoid disturbance, so today's priority was to give the saplings in the central area some T.L.C. We cut back the vegetation round the young trees and put down squares of old carpet to suppress the grass, docks and brambles. Some of the party cleared the stream of fallen vegetation to ensure a clear flow of water into the reed bed pond.
Many thanks to Janet, Ian and Carrie for collecting both carpet and additional plastic grids earlier in the week. The grids will be used for path work later in the season.
Thanks too to Janet and Sheila S. for the very welcome refreshments and to Tony for donating a sickle.
And, of course, a very big thank you to everyone for all their hard work during the morning.
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| Raking back the vegetation round a sapling. |
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| Carpet square ready to go round a sapling |
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| Working on the stream |
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| stream nearly done |
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| a welcome tea break |
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| before... |
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......and after.
The bright green leaves are Hemlock Water Dropwort. |
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| Moving the grids for future use. |
No wildlife photos, I'm afraid, but I did see a very small snail, a caterpillar, lots of earthworms, and a blackbird. No frogspawn as yet, that I could see.
