Not strictly tree related but countryside related

[Matthew Arnold]

saw the first bumble of the season today and first jasper on Tuesday. plus skylarks singing on hill i was working on nice to hear them. downside found a injured buzzard been hit by car took to vet but sadly unable to save it shame nice birds still saved it being pecked by rooks.

 

Saw a queen bee in last week of Feb n a Jasper on Monday. Bird boxes that i put up two weeks ago have residents already which is cool. Hit 2 pheasants last week. Had to make sure they were dead as dont like leaving/seeing injured animals on the side of road.

[Matthew Arnold]

Installed a stile on a busy roadside at lunchtime. We would have got more done if we didn't need towing out of a field by two quadbikes. We made it up the slippery chalk track but didnt make the first gateway.

[mad matty]

like your stile!! ha-ha

[Matthew Arnold]

Some Tété-a tété and gorse shots from yesterday

[Dorset Hedgelayer]

No snow up north Matt

[Matthew Arnold]

No snow up north Matt

 

Just a bit of dusty crap but just enough to make paddocks white and everything down wind white. Was gone by lunchtime.

[Matthew Arnold]

Todays job. Install two stiles and replace a sleeper bridge with standard twin sleeper bridge with anti-slip sheets on top. Will be back tomorrow to install remainder of other stile and install non slip on higher stile and sleepers. The pictures dont do the height difference between the stiles. After that we will probably be litter picking a local stretch of trailway after contractors flailed the crap out of the brambles and small scrub which was holding the litter.

[Matthew Arnold]

Day two of the same sleeper bridge job. Just as well i site reccied it a week before hand. Would have only brought a single sleeper and and hand rail otherwise.

[mad matty]

looking good!!!!!!!!!!

[Matthew Arnold]

looking good!!!!!!!!!!

 

Not bad for a day n halfs work. You can also see the height difference between the stiles.

Edited March 15, 2013 by Matthew Arnold