This new LNR on a mix of brownfield and reclaimed wet meadow has great potential but it is a wet site.
Today we worked on a few different tasks, clearing fallen timber from one of the ponds, clearing access routes, installing new information panels and weather proofing the boundary signs opening up resting areas and building refugia.
The reserve has easy public access but decent footwear is useful, as winter fades into spring the area will provide good bird watching especially during the first few weeks of migration, later there will be good number of dragonflies, including Brachytron pratense the Hairy Dragonfly last year Ischnura pumilio, the Small Blue-tail was found using the ephemeral pools.
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| Clearing small Willow from the track to a grazing field |
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| Stone refugia, hopefully amphibians will find it useful |
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A south facing mound of rubble and decaying vegetation opened up as a basking site
While we were on the reserve one of the team, Neil, who happens to be the county mammal recorder, went off to do some monitoring.
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| Monitoring?? |
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