6th January
9th January
c60 Larches planted with Mel and Neil's help; mostly in the verge and top strip.
14th January
A pair of treecreepers on the Oak with the barn owl box. Yesterday and today we began making 12 more bird boxes with offcuts from the shed's construction.
16th January
Woodpecker heard drumming in NE strip.
23rd January
Remaining (c40) Larches planted in Pit Wood (S edge and western border) and 5 Horse Chestnuts (grown at home from conkers) in SW corner of Pit Wood. Path in Top Strip extended approx 2 metres eastwards over rock outcrop.
27th January
3 more Corsican Pines felled in Top Strip; paths extended approx 3 more metres east.
28th January
200 Bluebells planted at W end of Top Strip in memory of Heather Lindsay; 3 new open-fronted boxes erected in Top Strip and one moved from Corsican Pine to a Larch in Top Strip.
29th January
3 more bird boxes put up - Elder at West end of Orchard (wren); Hawthorn near gate on W wall of Pit Wood (flycatcher); Sycamore on N side of glade near path down to spring (flycatcher).
30th January
John rode Paul on the Top Grazing unaccompanied; Clare made several more metres of path in top strip - steps down.
It was cold!
Mike with a miniature John on his shoulder