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2026
Plenty of helpers and plenty of jobs in the warm sunshine
3rd May
Ten of us enjoyed a variety of tasks this morning as the threat of showers turned into sun and warmth.
Between us we mowed all the paths and the verge, trimmed round saplings and the log seats, dug up hogweed plants before they set seed in the meadow, pulled up nettles from the middle, cleaned off graffiti from the interpretation board, dug up non-native bluebells from the corner by the lane, and tidied brash piles into dead hedges.
There was no need for a litter pick as there seems to be a local group including children who have taken on the job - thank you to whoever you are!
A few butterflies put in an appearance: Orange Tips and Brimstones, plus probably a Field Vole which needed to get out of the way of the mower.
Last of the winter's jobs
1st March
Only a few volunteers at the meadow today but lots of work done: coppicing another hazel in the copse and clearing up, some native hedge maintenance, some strimming of scrub and a litter pick.
The snow drops have made a good show over the past month, flowering in the copse beside the cycle path.
Just a few of us this time ...
1st February
Only half a dozen of us but we made good progress today.
We finished coppicing one hazel in the copse, clearing away the branches onto habitat piles, continued with native hedge maintenance, including sawing down tall trunks to let more light onto the hedge, and tidied around the saplings near the blue bridge. A lot of work was done cutting and clearing away brambles along the edge of the copse and meadow, plus a litter pick to finish up.
A few weeks ago we were fortunate to receive many bags full of wood chippings to cover the mud at the entrances to the meadow. Our donor was kind enough to deliver and spread all this material. Many thanks to Steve C.
The New Year started sunny and frosty ...
4th January
... so we had to be active to keep warm!
Nine of us braved the cold: cutting down a large area of bramble in the scrub belt, coppicing a couple of hazels and stacking the cut branches on existing dead hedges and habitat piles, together with walking the paths to pick up the litter.
An excellent morning's work and I think we all enjoyed the sunshine and stayed warm.