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| We're helping the Friends build a Kingfisher bank
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Area in front will be dug out to make a deep pond, the soil will be used to make a near vertical bank
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Today's task is to put up temporary shuttering to support the soil until it has stabilised
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Shuttering to be supported by long posts
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Temporary shuttering made from recycled pallets
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Local resident, a sparrowhawk fledgling, looks on with interest. Do sparrowhawks eat kingfishers?
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Driving in the posts
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Adjusting the angle, the bank is designed to have a slight backwards slope
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Adding supporting struts and preparing turfs
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The shuttering is taking shape
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The turfs, kindly donated by Mobbs of Wheatley, are cut into thinner strips
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The turfs, stacked behind the shuttering, will form the front of the bank, and help to begin the stabilisation
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Tea break
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Close to completion
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A few more turfs to be cut ...
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... a few more turfs to be barrowed ...
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... and a few more turfs to be stacked
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Temporary shuttering from the soon to be deep pond
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Nearly ready for the digger to pile up the soil and make a Kingfisher bank
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