entrance on Northclilffe Avenue
A wet and muddy day. We had scheduled this pond day for today hoping for a repeat of last year’s September visit when it was dry enough to dig without getting wet. But it’s been raining recently! Even with waders it was hard to stay dry but volunteers went beyond the call of duty in our attempts to dig out silt and leaf litter in order to maintain some areas of open water.
We emptied the silt traps again, both had filled about half way since we emptied them in July.
The midges were an unpleasant accompaniment to our work but we did see an attractive Pink-barred Sallow moth.