Monday
This morning we all carried out small tasks around the ERC including a good clean inside, a litter pick of the grounds (2 full bin bags!), and cleaning and refilling all the bird feeders.
The afternoon was spent learning some more Welsh. This week’s topic was discussing plans and also adding in some festive words!
"Ble dych chi'n mynd dros y penwythnos?" - Where are you going over the weekend?
"Dw i'n mynd i Gaerdydd" - I'm going to Cardiff.
"Nadolig Llawen!" - Merry Christmas!
Tuesday
Sally and Michaël spent today completing a fence line check of the fence running around the ‘Exclusion Zone’ in the reserve.
The removed any potential problems such as saplings growing too close to the fence and any overhanging branches. The sapling and small branches could be removed with a pruning/folding saw, however the larger branches and trees had to be left to Tom and his chainsaw......
Beth spent the day at Magor Marsh helping the reserve officer and some volunteers from the "Kaleidoscope Project" to continue burning through the piles of Willow. Luckily the weather held up and the fires go going really well! Sally and Michaël spent today completing a fence line check of the fence running around the ‘Exclusion Zone’ in the reserve.
The removed any potential problems such as saplings growing too close to the fence and any overhanging branches. The sapling and small branches could be removed with a pruning/folding saw, however the larger branches and trees had to be left to Tom and his chainsaw......
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| Burning Willow brash at Magor Marsh - hot stuff! |
Wednesday
Sally and Michaël spent the morning completing small bits of office work, then went out into the reserve in the afternoon to do a small fencing job. It was a simple job of completing an area that hadn’t been finished earlier in the year, however it was our first job without Tom’s supervision!! Firstly we had to knock a supporting strut into place as the fence line ran down a slope. We secured the strut with nails before attaching the stock wire. This was a little trickery than anticipated as we reused some old fence wire - nothing like a bit of recycling!
Thursday
With Beth still ill, Sally and Michaël spent the day repairing a stile at one end of the Blue Trail in Silent Valley. The stile had started come loose over months of battering by the elements, but was unfortunately made worse by some recent vandalism. The first task was to dig around the loose posts removing the soil and stones. We then had to refill in the holes as solidly as possible to make the stile secure for public use. This was done by “tamping” in large rocks/stones and the soil we had previously removed using a tamping bar.
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Sally and Michael repairing the loose stile at Silent Valley.
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| Michael 'tamping' down the soil and stones to secure the post. |
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