Over the last couple of weeks we have been very busy on the reserve with a lot of help from a number of different volunteers.

We have been working on the path into the additional six acres of land.

The Northumberland Rivers Trust are funding a team from Skillmill (who built our leaky dams). We have had additional help from volunteers from Wave Utilities.

Ross Blackburn (my next door neighbour) loaned me a dumper truck. We have made good progress but it’s a big job as it’s a path of approximately 500 metres.

We also had a team from Merck. Sharp & Dohme who were in over a couple of days painting and clearing weeds around our new hedges.

We have also had Morpeth Rainbows, Girl Guides and Rangers as well as Morpeth Scouts, all helped out on the reserve.

Finally we had 60 pupils from Abbeyfields School who visited to learn about seed dispersal.

No pictures of the youngsters as it’s not allowed these days!

So very busy few weeks but I am very grateful for the help given.