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Kestrel chick 2007

Some photos taken
from 2002
showing the history
of Bear Mead
Plantation.

Field vole

166 photos total


Aug 06 The GAZEBO
053a The skeleton
053b The roof
053c The wreckage

Nov 06 WATER problems
054a The end of Summer
054b First Flood of the Year
054c Bridge over troubled waters
054d Cumberland Gap

Dec 06 Fallen TREE
055a Chainsaw at work
055b James, Rosie and Simon
055c The stockade of logs
055d Bonfire of twigs
055e Burning in the night
055f A Bridge too far

Early 07 ODDMENTS
056a Gort the scarecrow
056b Ash stripped by deer
056c Spraying thistles

Jun 07 KESTREL chick
057a 6 chicks in a box.
057b Close-up.
057c Indignant chick.
057d Jason ready to ring.
057e Chicks ringed and ready.
057f Kestrel chick.

Sep 07 ODDMENTS
058a Dredging Mill Stream.
058b Black Poplar cuttings.
058c Field #3 aftermath.
058d Mill Stream full.
058e Swans on River.
058f Swans on Mill Stream.
058g Metal detecting.

Sep 07 Clearing the Mill Stream
059a Cutting grass.
059b Digger arrives.
059c Digging trench.
059d Long spoil heap.
059e Digging from bridge.
059f Dangerous position.
059g Filling dumper.
059h Filling Cumberland gap.

Oct 07 Tidying the Mill Stream
060a Spoil heap.
060b Wood piles.
060c Signpost + cairn.
060d Mill stream.
060f Plank bridge.
060g Ditch cross-section.
060h Concrete bridge.
060i Water level scale.
060j Mill stream gate.
060k Ditch between bridges.

Oct 07 ODDMENTS
061a Cairn J.
061b Cairn R.
061c Ash logpile.
061d Well and bucket.
061f Mobile toolbox.
061g Swans on Stour.
061h Roe deer.
061i Dead ashes.
061j Rosie planting poplars.
061k Swans on beach.
061l Sunset over bridleway.

Nov 07 NEW MILL STREAM
062a Water rising in trench.
062b Neighbour's stream full.
062c Area flooding.
062d White water in trench.
062f Flow leaves old streambed.
062g Area flooding.
062h Water enters trench.
062i Area flooding.
062j Flow re-enters Stour.
062k Stream #5.
062L Reservoir empties.
062m Mill Stream at Eyebridge.
062p Mill Stream Nov 07.
062q Mill Stream May 08.
062r Mill Stream Nov 07.

Jun 08 MAKING BALAGE
063a Peter and his tractor.
063b Cutters on three sides.
063c Pollen smoke.
063d Squeezing into next field.
063e Finishing field #4.
063f The grass lies and dries.
063g The cutting teeth.
063h Shaun with raker.
063i The rakes working.
063j Grass in a line.
063k Raking into a line.
063l Lifting rakes.
063m Rakes vertical.
063n The baler.
063o Dropping a bale.
063p A bare bale.
063q Loading a bale.
063r Wrapping a bale.
063s Lifting a bale.
063t Loading the transporter.
063u Transporting 24 bales.

Jun 08 FISHING
064a Steve fishing
064b A record perch
064c Simon with a big chub
064d Paul with a giant chub

Jun 08 ODDMENTS
065a pH measuring.
065b Bath suspension
065c Human femur found
065d Where femur was found

Jun 09 STUN FISHING
066a Arriving from upstream.
066b Crew relaxing.
066c Setting off again.
066d Stun fishing.
066e Stun fishing.
066f Stun fishing.
066g Stun fishing.
066h Departing downstream.

Jun 09 INVERTED STUMP
067a Stump hole.
067b Inverted stump
067c Silted ditch
067d Hole refilled

Jul 09 SWEET TRACK
068a Gate & stream.
068b Seat & sand.
068c Causeway.

Nov 09 EYEMEAD SCRAPES
069a The notice.

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