Estelle Sandford, James Begley, Mike Waterworth, Dave King, Stu Lindsay
2.5hrs
Stu got to work drilling for a bang and Dave started collecting toads from around the dig. When the rest of us arrived, Mike helped with the drilling as he had his own drill too and Estelle and James helped Dave collect toads and when we were confident we'd removed all we could find this week in that hole, we also cleared as many toads, frogs and newts from hole 1 as we could find too. Probably circa 40 in our current hole and 50+ with 3 newts in the first dig! All were dumped down by the pond in a hope they can find a new life there without being eaten too quick!
A bang was then done in the rocks at the higher of the two bottom digs and about 10mins later we went back. It was a little smelly, but not too bad and there was plenty of damage to the rock and lots of gravel. This was soon cleared and a few large fractured rocks then were easier to remove. Whole site looking a lot bigger now and realistically probably 3 weeks work in one session! Looking to repeat the process next week and maybe cap some rocks in the bottom muddy dig too.
2.5hrs
Stu got to work drilling for a bang and Dave started collecting toads from around the dig. When the rest of us arrived, Mike helped with the drilling as he had his own drill too and Estelle and James helped Dave collect toads and when we were confident we'd removed all we could find this week in that hole, we also cleared as many toads, frogs and newts from hole 1 as we could find too. Probably circa 40 in our current hole and 50+ with 3 newts in the first dig! All were dumped down by the pond in a hope they can find a new life there without being eaten too quick!
A bang was then done in the rocks at the higher of the two bottom digs and about 10mins later we went back. It was a little smelly, but not too bad and there was plenty of damage to the rock and lots of gravel. This was soon cleared and a few large fractured rocks then were easier to remove. Whole site looking a lot bigger now and realistically probably 3 weeks work in one session! Looking to repeat the process next week and maybe cap some rocks in the bottom muddy dig too.
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