1st March
2 more Willows planted in triangle at east end of Pit Wood; bullfinch seen in front of Willow bower; woodcock in Pit Wood.
2nd March
Yellow Rattle, White Campion, Field Poppy, Ox-eye Daisy, Chicory, Honesty seeds and Snowdrops and Campion plug plants into Wildflower Meadow.
3rd March
More planting on Meadow - Honesty, Betony, Campion, Evening Primrose, St John's Wort.
6th March
9th March
Bird boxes 29-33 put up in Scrub and Pit Wood.
11th March
Preparations for bringing ponies down from Top Grazing (fencing off bird-watching Willow arbour, protecting new Willow saplings, preparing for electric fence from SW corner of Meadow to SE corner of Pit Wood); seeds from Grassland Conference (NWT) scattered on Top Grazing.
21st March
Rushes dug out of pond at (W) base of crag - frog seen. Pond near bird hide site heaving with frog spawn!
20th March
Tim put up a motion sensor camera in the Orchard.
23rd March
Camera moved to gate into Orchard.
27th March
Camera reveals roebuck, roe-doe, badger, mouse, grey squirrel visiting at night, and pheasant and cat during the day!
28th March
Chiffchaffs heard and seen on Meadow and in Scrub; 3 deer beyond Meadow; plug plants into Meadow (St John's Wort, Great Mullein, Michaelmas Daisy, Sneezewort, Valerian, Poppy) and Mugworts planted near Beech by bottom gate.
Where did I put the tree?
Oh, there it is!
Playing cat and ...
mouse