Thursday 31st October

Still damp and dreary. A few people, minimal litter (I like Thursdays). Saw the jay, and Miranda (a regular photographer) saw the kingfisher.

Boardwalks: OK but a sag just starting at W3W darkens.soil.twee on the main one … wait and see …

damp and dreary

 1 runner, 1 walker, no litter. Progress on the machine access along main channel.

37.17m at Durngate

 1.9mm rain but it feels worse

otherwise all normal

Sunday 27th October - Warden

Fairly nice morning on site. I had a nice catch up with Lynne :) I couldn't get the graffiti of the chalk board unfortunately but I've cleaned it off the plastic display sign. Lot of wildlife about including the little grebe who was quite far off so not the best photo, quite a few red admirals today, a very noisy goldcrest who I couldn't get the best picture of and a very friendly Robin. 

Sunday 27th October

 Bumped into Charlotte who was stalking a Little Grebe.  It's her last day 🫤.  She will be missed.

One fast runner completely ignored us. A few walkers enjoying the sunshine

A plaque has appeared on the front of the bench at the top of SPM.  Not sure if it was put there in agreement with HIWWT.

Graffiti on the noticeboard.  Charlotte's cleaning it off.

Saturday 26th October - Warden

Been a fairly busy day on Winnall, I've strimemd from the top of the board walk to the start of the next board walk, leaf blown all the paths, spent a long time scrubbing graffiti off the chalk and display board at the durngate entrance and updated the chalk board with a species list.

Quite a few people om site late afternoon and had a chat with quite a few people.

Saturday 26th October

Beautiful muted colours on a damp morning. Lots of cans in my litter pick today, and the Durngate bench was a real mess, with drug paraphernalia packets and soiled underwear in the mix. Yuk!

Very sorry to see Charlotte's lovely species list defaced again. 

Most of the Guelder Rose berries have been eaten, but there are still some left. This picture is from 3 weeks ago. 

Friday 25th October - Warden

It was nice and quiet this morning and not many people around. There were lots of long tailed tits and Wrens about this morning though. 

The chalk board had been written over and defaced again so I will update it at the weekend. 

Thursday 24th October - not visited - Sam on site

Wednesday 23rd October

 A few people enjoying strolling through the reserve this morning as the sun broke through the clouds. Several drinks cans and bottles plus  remains of McDonald's meal and bag.

A late red admiral resting on a log in the glade area.

Nice to see a small flock of long tailed tits in the bushes at the start of the boardwalk from the Durngate entrance. Looks like people are gaining access to the original river bank path there. Needs some more branches to barricade the route.

Anne and Tim

 no litter, 3 regular runners plus a new one. Quite tranquil after yesterday's rain. One cygnet only. We had none overnight. Durngate 37.18cm, dropping slightly.

Sunday 20th October

Wet.

One lady jogger  (a regular, nice and polite).

Lots of mushrooms. 

Side rail broken in the mangrove swamp formation.dearest.bought

Saturday 19th October - Warden

All okay on site today, it was very quiet as well, I had leaf blown all the paths before I saw anyone. 

Someone had defaced the chalk board but I've updated it with a species list again.

I think the image is a Hawthorn Sheild Bug. 

Saturday 19th October

More wet underfoot than I expected, but lovely autumn colours when the sun came out. Very quiet, litter only significant at the Durngate bench area. No needles today, thank goodness. 

The picture is a moss cup full of rosehip remnants, which we found at Deacon Hill when cutting blackthorn scrub. I relocated it. Tom thought probably used by mice.

Thursday 17th

 Thursday 17th

A couple of walkers, one man pushing his bike, I didn't know if that was ok or not. One man squatting on the bench just in from the Durngate entrance. I didn't spot any litter.

There was a working party clearing what looks like a path by the river just past the reed boardwalk. At the Durngate entrance were a number of vehicles, a bike, a number of hand tools, rakes etc plus what looked like a fairly new or unused Sthil Strimmer just lying on the ground. The strimmer being on the ground on the side of the notice board. There was nobody around, it didn't seem too wise to me to leave such expensive equipment unattended.

between showers

 over 60mm rain since last week and Durngate is on the rise but strangely no puddles. 2 photographers and 1 runner.

Saturday I aw a South Downs truck with an empty trailer. No time to investigate but today there's clearly an new access path bypassing the boardwalk. Last saw this in 2014 while repairs were done after the floods so I assume its for mini digger access

Sunday 13th October

 Litter around the northern SPM bench.

Southern side busy with families, walkers and one runner.  

A man wanting to come in via North Walls bridge with one of those huge electric fat bikes.

Saturday 12th October - Warden

The kingfisher was on site today, it was sat perching up by the stone monument the kids normally jump off. 

Otherwise it was fairly quiet around site with just a couple of runners and 3 small groups of people. 

Saturday 12th October

A nice normal morning with friendly chats, though more litter than usual. But I found three needles behind the Durngate bench, with other drug paraphernalia.  Sam's phone was on answerphone and I couldn't see any others on the blog,  nor did I want to wake up staff on a Saturday morning if they were not on call. No reply from Trinity, no reply from the council out of hours phone line, so I called the police. T

hey said pick them up and put them in the bin. So I put all three into an Oasis plastic bottle with a lid, bagged them up with my litter, and did what they said.

Thursday 10th October

 All quiet.

Two runners, a lovely Jay and a small amount of rubbish on the bench by the entrance, removed. Two swans sleeping as you cross into the public part that is open. 

Wednesday 9th October

 A lot of light blue graffiti along the bridge from the recreation field since last onnthe reserve. Apologies if already noted.

Noticed  couple of syringes tucked behind the bush on far side if bench at Durngate entrance. Sorry forgot thick gloves so had to leave there. Otherwise very little litter.

Amazing reed clearance in the pond in absence of water buffalo! Only met one walker today.

Anne and Tim

Wet Monday

 couple of runners and met a couple of walkers I know. The only litter was a wipe at the top bench in Swimming Pool Meadow - from presumably the invisible visitor! Saw a deer in the reeds on the way to the Pond. Plenty of swan faeces and feathers by the rails to Nomansland. Water slowly rising at 36.98. More rain than Harestock records. 2.1mm last 6 hours, 4.5 last 24 but none in last hour, well I know that's wrong, It was heaving down when I finished!

Nothing new to report on the boardwalks

Saturday I met the man who installed the monitoring kit in the area. Interesting chat.

Saturday 5th October - Warden

Another lovely day on site today eith lots of birds about. I've strimmed the front entrance at durngate and leaf blown the paths, although the leaves are falling so fast you wouldn't think so. 

Saturday 5th October

Such a beautiful autumnal morning, with nothing to report apart from litter at the paddling stream, and nice chats with visitors. Many asking about the reopening of the top path. Still aware of the increase in small groups of runners. 

Sunday 5th October

  

Quiet (apart from Charlotte's strimmer).  One bird watcher, a few runners.

Boardwalk needs some attention:

renovated.active.mondays (I assume you will be actively renovating this one on a Monday)

digests.clasps.screamed (this one is a bit Agatha Christie)

cornering.legend.relished   (Stirling Moss)

Friday 4th October - Warden

It's been a really nice day on Winnall. I've cut down a dead branch that's been getting lower and lower across the path. 

It was quiet this morning on site but busier this afternoon. Lots of birds about today including a very large family of long tailed tits, Song thrushes, Robins and Wrens. Lots of Commom darters at the pond to. 

I had a very nice couple have a chat about the site with me this afternoon to. 

The Roe doe was laying in SPM this morning 

I forgot my camera so improvised with a phone and binoculars 

Thursday 3rd - boardwalk issues

Quiet in the South, minimal litter. 

New boardwalk issues:

At https://w3w.co/covertly.tasteful.tractor (where does What3Words get them from?) a trip hazard is resulting from a dropped lateral support (photos 1 and 2)

At ///registry.renewals.dentistry and ///attend.formation.charts stringers have broken, although the boards above look OK (photos 3 and 4).

water level today

 interesting dip of 50cm this morning. I wonder if there was maintenance or testing going on. there's a corresponding rise of 20cm at City Mill at the same time