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 Start of the day. Reeds and grasses cut by the city council.
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 Rake, pike, bag, drag...repeat. Hard hats required because the fen sits by a golf course (the fen is filled with missed shots).
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 Cut material piled and compacyed along the edge of the fen to form a bund.
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 Final section completed.
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 A drainage ditch along one sid is filled with amterial to retain water in the fen.
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 The boardwalk ramp
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 Bog Pimpernel ("Pink Snow") (Thanks to Judy Webb - JW)
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 Knocking back the scrub on the margin of the South fen (Thanks to JW)
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 Marsh Helleborine (Thanks to JW)
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 Marsh Helleborine (Thanks to JW)
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 Loading the cut reeds to drag to the dump (thanks to JW)
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 Lunchtime (Thanks to JW)
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 The bank, a keen volunteer made an early start
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 The north fen, ready for raking.
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 OCV and the Friends for the Lye Valley hard at work
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 Toad in the hole or a frog in the bog?
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 Not so common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) courtesy of Judy Webb
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 Ruby tiger caterpillar courtesy of Judy Webb
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 Elephant hawk moth caterpllar courtesy of Judy Webb
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 Well earned break.
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 The bank completed
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 The north fen complete for another year.
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 Raking the North fen (courtesy J Webb)
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 Tea break (courtesy J Webb)
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 Banded General Soldierfly (Stratiomys potamida) (courtesy J Webb)
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 Bog pimpernel (Anagallis tenella) (courtesy J Webb)
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 Small Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus) (courtesy J Webb)
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 Small Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilephila porcellus) (courtesy J Webb)
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 Tea break for some very wet volunteers
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 Raking up and removing cut vegetation
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 Starting to rake the south fen
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 Snapping reeds on the south fen
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 Volunteers taking a break
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 More volunteers taking a break
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 Raking up the cut reeds on the South fen
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 We found this little fella (a cricket)
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 We also found evidence of other inhabitants
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 By the end of the day, the South fen is completely clear, which will encourage rare wild flowers to grow next year
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 marsh whorl snail, Vertigo antivertigo (marginally larger than a poppy seed)
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 Fen Anagallis tenell
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 Marsh helleborine
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 Fen flora
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 Listening out for a FORE whilst raking
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 Overgrown scrub alongside the pallisade fence at the start of the day
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 The newly laid hedge, complete with bindings
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 A well-stobbed willow
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 Boardwalk anti-slip netting neatly patched
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 Wet volunteers
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 Fen raking - it's a drag!
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 Susan raking in the (rare) sunlight
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 It was a bit wet!
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 Nathalie demonstrating the art of rake leaning like a true OCV veteran
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 Going...going
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 A perfect cut - expert tree-felling
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 Not a strange country dance - a necessary counterweight to make sawing easier!
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 Tim is the counterweight
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 The fen looking lovely after we raked it
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 The end of a great day
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 Newly extended ponds ready for the wildlife to move in
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 Pond creation
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 Hard at work
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 OCV crack team of pond diggers, not put off by the scorching heat
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 Starting to extend the main pond, and create smaller ponds
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 Training from an expert
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 Fen raking in the sunshine
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 Teamwork
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 Domino
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 Harry the horse
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