As it's the first Monday of January that we're all in the office, we had are monthly team meeting to keep everyone up-to-date on plans and events that are coming up this month.
After lunch we visited two sites that have requested Gwent Wildlife Trust to enhance the area to benefit local wildlife.
First stop, Llanelly Hill, where an overgrown pond is in need of some serious TLC. The planning and organisation of this project has been assigned to me.
The next stop was Goytre House Wood. This site project has been assigned to Beth and roughly consists of bramble clearance along one of the boundary fences. Lesser spotted woodpeckers have been sighted in the area, so fingers crossed we'll be luck enough to spot one!
First stop, Llanelly Hill, where an overgrown pond is in need of some serious TLC. The planning and organisation of this project has been assigned to me.
The next stop was Goytre House Wood. This site project has been assigned to Beth and roughly consists of bramble clearance along one of the boundary fences. Lesser spotted woodpeckers have been sighted in the area, so fingers crossed we'll be luck enough to spot one!
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| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Image - http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/lsw_tcm9-174179.jpg?width=530&height=298&crop=auto) |
Tuesday
Due to ill health I was absent from work today.
Beth took the opportunity to start working on her woodland management project in the office. She also created a very artistic display board for an upcoming event 'Brilliant Birds', which will be held at the ERC next Saturday (26th), all are welcome to join the team!
Michaël helped Tom, our reserve officer, transport tools from the ERC to the new storage unit.
Due to ill health I was absent from work today.
Beth took the opportunity to start working on her woodland management project in the office. She also created a very artistic display board for an upcoming event 'Brilliant Birds', which will be held at the ERC next Saturday (26th), all are welcome to join the team!
Michaël helped Tom, our reserve officer, transport tools from the ERC to the new storage unit.
Wednesday
I spent the morning in a meeting regarding the 'People & Wildlife Project'; this was to evaluate areas of the project. The 'People & Wildlife Project' allows a team to guide individuals of all ages and abilities in discovering wildlife and their environment in Rassau, Garnlydan, through Ebbw Vale, Waunlwyd and Cwm.
After lunch Becky (Community Education Officer), Tom (Reserve Officer) and I headed up to Silent Valley. We arranged the tool storage and installed a shiny new workbench! I was given the most important task....getting the storm kettle ready for some well deserved tea in the chilly temperatures! This job sounded pretty straight forward but flint fire starters take some getting use to. Luckily though, after some perseverance, we had a fire going.
After lunch Becky (Community Education Officer), Tom (Reserve Officer) and I headed up to Silent Valley. We arranged the tool storage and installed a shiny new workbench! I was given the most important task....getting the storm kettle ready for some well deserved tea in the chilly temperatures! This job sounded pretty straight forward but flint fire starters take some getting use to. Luckily though, after some perseverance, we had a fire going.
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| Lighting the storm kettle! |
Thursday
A chilly start to the day as a fresh dusting of snow was around the ERC. I set some of the morning aside to undertake my pond management project - although I did get distracted by a large noisy flock of Goldfinches and a Brambling on the feeders outside! I then decided to brave the temperature and take some lovely photographs of the snow around the grounds.
In the afternoon Michaël and I helped Tom with tree clearance in the ERC wood. The trees here were all planted, resulting in all species being similar ages. Thinning the trees creates a varied age structure and promotes growth of the woodland undergrowth. Tom began the job by logging up the dropped trees, we then move the branches into brash piles to be used to complete our dead hedge.
In the afternoon Michaël and I helped Tom with tree clearance in the ERC wood. The trees here were all planted, resulting in all species being similar ages. Thinning the trees creates a varied age structure and promotes growth of the woodland undergrowth. Tom began the job by logging up the dropped trees, we then move the branches into brash piles to be used to complete our dead hedge.
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| Dropped tree |
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| Brash pile ready for dead hedging |
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| ERC in the snow |
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