Entrances part 2 Wednesday 10th January 2018

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Wednesday is volunteers day as you must all know by now, so accompanied by my stalwart colleagues Brian and Veronica, Dan from Keep Wales Tidy and the boss we tackled finishing off the "new" entrance to the Morfa Berwig reserve, oh hang on I forgot the boss went off for an onsite meeting with Isabel our biodiversity officer and Hillary from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) , I'm sure it was important!, (It was, its what partnership working is all about)

Anyway the entrance looks great, and I've come up with a little project, to monitor the colonisation of the bare ground over the coming months and manage the verge sympathetically, again partnership working so we'll wait and see.....

just waiting for the LNR sign to be made and installed

There's a lot of mud around so we undertook sweeping and shovelling the surfaced path, (tarmac) and improving the vehicle turning area in the centre of the reserve...keep off the mud.....





A party of 50, yes 50 ramblers, rambled through the reserve as we sat having lunch, great to see the reserve being visited even if it was just a "shortcut"




Hillary, a biodiversity officer from NRW, pointed out a well known Otter sprainting point, with fresh spraint,which led me to point out the route it takes across the track, an opportunity for the trail camera?

Otter spraint

The actual spraint found was a little older than this photograph shows, being dryer and greyer in colour, and easily overlooked.

Looking out for tracks and signs is really interesting and rewarding as it allows you to "see" more of the creatures which are elusive or nocturnal, a good book if its in print is Collins guide to Animal Tracks and Signs.



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