21/02/2026  9.00 - 13.00  Dockens Water path and North side. Usual path and hide check. Clearance of some remaining twigs etc. on paths from last weeks tasks.

Issues of note:

• Small tree/branches drooping over north end of eastern path
• Plastic bottle in brambles outside Goosander hide and 3 glass bottles on the bank, and one in the water, by the culvert in the Hanson Plant. The 3 glass bottles washed and left in the kitchen for removal to glass recycling point.

Outstanding tasks:

• creation of log pile, from trunks/branches on verge of eastern path, for potential lizard sightings, ref Lee Hamilton's facebook entry 17th Feb.
• clearance of willow growth in front of western screen on north path, to improve visability over silt pond.