Heres a few pics of the feathered friends who have caught my attention over the last few days. We have also been welcoming back some of our long distant visitors back for the spring and summer, so in the last couple of weeks we have seen Chiff Chaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Swallows arrive on the reserve.
This little chap/chapess came to see me yesterday, poor thing had a very gammy left leg and was hobbling around on three legs. Not sure if they will last very long unless it heals, poor thing, shame as they looked in good condition apart from the leg! They came and sat outside the hide keeping me company for 5 minutes.
Many thanks to the scouts of 4th Morpeth, their leaders and the parents that turned out this weekend to work on the reserve. They helped out on the observation mound at Contemplation Corner, transported and used reeds for screening at the Birds Eye view hide, and build me a nice raised bed at Veras shed.
Yes the Princes Trust were back to help with another group of willing workers.
We continued the effort to build another observation platform. The guys provided some muscle to move a mountain of stone to build a retaining wall at the front and helped with the building of a pallet wall at the back.
Another mountain of stone was moved to the memorial bench so we can build a dry stone wall wind shield.
Becka helped me transport the reeds for the screen and also transported the chippings for the paths.
Many thanks to them all for their work and the Northumberland Fire service (Sean and Charlotte) for supervising.
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