Working Party 19 February

The Southrepps A Team proved again that nothing stands in its way.  Those who secretly hoped the dire predictions of the doom-mongers known as weather forecasters would come true were dissappointed on waking to a dry Saturday morning;  no time-off today.  Despite being one of those unfortunate days when several of our most loyal members couldn't join in, nevertheless great things were acheived and a lot of progress made.  I am pleased to report that, given a good turn-out on March 6th., it's on the cards to complete this year's programme with 1 session still in hand. 

 

So, thankyou to the stalwarts who did such good work yesterday and to everybody for your on-going contribution.  The day on which The Trust would like to formally say, "Thankyou" for all your hard work, which is an occasion for getting-together in slightly more civilised conditions, is Sunday May 8th.  Please note your diary accordingly.

 

Regards from John

Much more progress made

Having a bad back at the moment has meant that I could not take part in yesterday's working party. I promise the threat of rain had nothing to do with it, although I'm sure damp conditions are very bad for sciatica! Anyway, a gentle walk across the boardwalk today reveals that great progress was obviously made on the grassland area near Warren Road. It looks as though about half of the area to be cut this year was finished, so it bodes well for completion next time.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the wonderful crew from BTCV were here again, cutting back scrub at the eastern boundary of the site, again near Warren Road. This work should enable us to qualify for a further grant from Defra.

My walk today was far from exciting, with such dull grey weather, but I did at least mange to flush a woodcock on School Common. Even though it didn't much feel it, the birds are obviously convinced that spring is upon us, with quite a few species in song now.

Watch this space for news of the wildlife survey that the Trust is going to be conducting this year, as our contribution to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's overall monitoring of species in the county. Work is being finalised on the forms to be used, both paper-based and online, and we hope to launch the survey soon. Jeannette, our wonderful web master, is doing great work on the website, so we hope it will be easy for everyone who wants to join in to send us records of their sightings of the species we will be concentrating on this year.