WEEK 19, September 6

Volunteers: Barry, Hedrik, Marg

 

We all continued in the final field north of the Ash Woods, the goal being to finally finish it off. This we did, apart from some residual cleanup, Barry and Hedrik scything and Marg restoring the banks of dogwood by clipping out the DSV. The field is named for this bush and it's good to be giving it the opportunity to show itself again. A row of cedars along the trail was also cleared of climbing vines.

Seed pods are really exploding now, so all the cuttings for today were bagged, with a total of 18 huge, stuffed bags added to the existing heap.

A couple more toads were rescued and Marg spotted another large paper-wasp nest, on the canal side of the trail and safely high up in a tree. Barry took a photo of it and the bags.

Paper wasp nest

Next week we'll return to our original stomping grounds, the New Woods. Hedrik has noted how overgrown it's getting, so it's time to deal with it once again.