Category Archives: JMNR Work Parties

With just two members in attendance we contented ourselves with checking, cleaning out and repairing 26 nest boxes on the reserve, and then removed the few remaining logs and small branches left over from the recent visit of our tree … Continue reading →

This month we will be checking and cleaning out the bird boxes on both the reserve and in the nearby wood and, subject to the weather conditions, having a bonfire. Meet at the reserve on Saturday, 18th February at 9:30 … Continue reading →

Three souls braved temperatures in the lower single figures; fortunately without wind or rain. Whilst two members finished off some hedge-laying left over from the 2015/2016 season, the other applied a lump-hammer and chisel, sledge-hammer, and pick-axe (more or less … Continue reading →

Four members turned out for the penultimate work party of 2016. The main aim was to improve the amount of light reaching the edges of the enclosed garden area (Cyril’s Patch). The ground vegetation had been cut in preparation so … Continue reading →

Despite dire weather warnings the work party proceeded as planned, with only one significant shower as we were about to leave the site. As a result all of the ‘hay’ meadow and the paths were successfully cleared of cuttings. Due … Continue reading →

A few days before this month’s work party the first of this year’s cuts of the little ‘hay meadow’ will be made. Therefore the main task will be raking up the cuttings, along with any on the paths, and barrowing … Continue reading →

This month’s work party is being co-ordinated by Paul Beard, who will be hoping for a turn-out to rival the attendance at his monthly bird walks. Many hands will make light work of the tasks, which will focus on keeping … Continue reading →

The work party due to be held at the Jim Mart reserve on Saturday 18th has been cancelled, in large part due to the coordinator having broken a toe.

Despite the dire forecast, four members turned out for the work party and were rewarded with a pleasant mix of sunshine and just a few light showers. Willows for withies were planted, the willow screen weeded, grass cuttings removed from … Continue reading →

Once again a mixed bag of jobs to attend to. The Membership Secretary will be arriving fresh from the Scottish trip to personally oversee the (possibly challenging) ground preparation and subsequent planting of a line of young willows near the … Continue reading →