Wet and Windy

Tuesday, January 26th 2016

Despite the inclement weather forecast we had a good turnout of volunteers this morning and to start with the rain was not very heavy. Our intrepid duo of Ken and Eddie headed out onto the wetland to do some strimming, whilst the rest of the group retreated to the woodland to tidy up some of the brash piles and dispose of them on a bonfire.

We carried on working till around lunchtime, as by that time the wind had got much stronger and was gusting making the fire too fierce and unpredictable. To make it safe, we let it die down, then formed a human bucket chain and extinguished it with water from a nearby burn.

The weather plays a big part in the management of the reserve, whilst it rarely ‘stops play’ we do have to think carefully about what jobs we can safely do when the weather gets a bit extreme.

Thank you to everyone who turned out today, as always your efforts are much appreciated.
 

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