For our first work party of 2020 we were down to five (Julie and Mark, Fiona, Judi and Mick) but that was enough to make a thorough job of cutting back the blackthorn and brambles that intrude on the Reservoir Basin area where the orchids appear, so thanks to all. As with any management prescription doing it annually has brought control and the area is less of a struggle than if we’d let it get out of hand.

On February 16th we plan to attend to the saplings in Cricket Field Copse at the south of the site and tidy any brash along with repairing the fence and stile. As of now this will depend upon whether the EA have started work in the Cornfield.