Thursday 11th July

All good on the reserve this morning.  Had a chat to a few people with cameras etc. Only one lemonade can to retrieve near pond. A good number of dragon flies of various varieties. 

Weather good for a change. 

Wednesday 10th July

 Very quiet met just one couple with a very young baby. No litter today apart from the can in the pond still. Lots of hemp agrimony, ox eye daisies and knapweed providing a good splash of colour around the glade. Meadow brown and small white butterflies there.

3 cows munching in No Man's Land just beyond the gate from SPM that they decided to modify!

Anne and Tim Ardill 

 No deer. Can still in pond. Someone has waded out and stuck some branches in the silt. No litter. 3 cows by Fisherman's Gate. Brown one unhelpfully hiding in the bushes by the gate. Moorhen swimming around with reed in its beak. A late nest? Boardwalk getting creakier than my knees. Swan footprint in a cowpat

Sunday 7th July

 Three cows in SPM.

Otherwise just me and a deer in the rain.

Thursday 4th July

Quiet, just a few folks around. Removed the rails from the SPM/NML gateway so cattle can move in and out without breaking anything else. Top two rails need replacing (and a bracket), bottom one is OK. Boardwalk sag reported by Lynne last Sunday caused by broken stringer.

Wed 3rd July

 SPM - the 3 cows are no longer there! Found  the wooden gate bars at the top end smashed and finally caught up with them calmly munching in No Man's Land. Informed Sam. Unable to remove the broken wooden bars as couldn't remove the jammed padlock. So now free flow between the meadows!

Came across the deer on the eastern path and a family of 4 young greylag geese with mum and dad. The goslings are almost full size now.

Met a couple of proud grandparents pushing their 6 month old twins round the reserve. Despite not living very far away it was the first time they had been and were enthusing about how beautiful it is. 

Only a small amount of litter today. Noticed a drinks can in the pond but too far out to retrieve.

Anne and Tim Ardill 

 couple of runners, 1 regular, met a nice lady photographer with this deer, had a good chat.

Very little litter. Cows fine. Water as low as I've seen it for ages 18cm at Durngate.

Nice bit of weekend strimming, Charlotte.