We are having to juggle the site priorities and work around things a bit so a few changes to the list of activities below.
In August we only got one pond cleared of the two we were trying to get done and so the bigger one is postponed until October in the hope that it will have dried out a little to make it easier to clear, and that we might have more volunteers.
Sunday 27th September we’ll be on the Funnel from 10:30 (above the main Pond at south of the site – see the map) – Following the new fence being put up around the Pond we have a lot of brash and hay plus some logs to clear within and outside the fence. If anyone has a wood burning stove there should also be some firewood but may need a saw.
| Month | Sat | Sun | Tues | Thur | Task |
| Sept 2015 | 27 | Clear brash arsing from fencing Pond from funnel and inside Pond enclosure. Firewood available. | |||
| Oct 2015 | 1 | Probus talk 9:45 (Mick) | |||
| YWT volunteer day? | |||||
| 25 | Clear pond 4 in Reservoir Basin. Plant Ragged Robin and Devilsbit Scabious in Reservoir Basin and tansy in New Meadow as a less muddy option. | ||||
| Nov 2015 | 8 | Clear Ings Dyke bank side (over stile) by the Friends | |||
| Dec 2015 | 6 | Plant hazel saplings in Cricket Field Copse | |||
| Jan 2016 | 3 | Silver anniversary work party | |||
| PLUS | Cut back blackthorn in RB near orchids | ||||
| Weed Country Park hedge and plant 10 more gorse | |||||
| Cut and remove MMB enclosure | |||||
| Cut & remove New Meadow | |||||
| Cut & remove Cornfield grassland | |||||
| Tree sparrow boxes in Copse Meadow and/or Reservoir Basin | |||||
| Coppicing/pollarding trees east Pond and New Meadow | |||||
| Barn Owl boxes? | |||||
| Fence MMB scrape up to adjoining | |||||
| Dig scrape next to MMB one |
The Friends of Rawcliffe Meadows 