Easter Sunday 31st March

 Hoppy Easter 🐰

Dead fish in SPM

A few people about in the main reserve. Some with the Wrong Shoes.  Lots of seasonal catkins

Camera case found in the glade, I have attached it to the noticeboard

Saturday 30th March

Very quiet. Is everyone on holiday? First cowslips, Marsh marigold in flower, brimstone butterflies. All the yellows! Plus the blackcap and chiff chaff really getting going.

I can't come next Saturday as I am away visiting family.

Thursday 28th - all OK in the South

Having got soaked in the North, came down to Durngate in the car today so didn't pass through No-Man's Land or Swimming Pool Meadow.  Nobody around.  The three deer were resting in the glade - they're very habituated to people. Pond level is up to the dipping platform. Cut back a branch by the boardwalk. No other maintenance issues. Great photos of the sparrow hawk yesterday!

 Water levels slowly dropping but think the Sparrowhawk will miss her shower on the flooded paths ..

Wednesday 27th March

 Very wet in all the usual places with overflowing water. Picked up a few small items of litter but two large drink bottles on either side of the long boardwalk were too far out for us to reach without waders or a long pole.  A single roe deer was spotted close to the path in the brambles by the pond. Very quiet didn't meet anyone this week.

Anne and Tim Ardill 

bit of a non descript day.

 Dull but not raining. 3 deer by pond, well hidden. Not much litter. Plenty of song. Chiff chaff and Cetti's.

Sunday 24th March

Bicyclic tyre tracks in SPM which is strange.  Thanks for oiling the lock.

A few people about including father and child with bikes taking weed out of the pond.  

Anne - thanks for finding my water bottle.  Unfortunately it was no longer there when I went to pick it up.  Good to see people are helping us clear up!