It has been a busy week with two work parties. On Tuesday Emma, Phil and Mark went to Joist Fen viewpoint to open up the view there whilst Dave M and I got to cut in front of the New Fen viewpoint. We hope you like the more open vistas and there have been good sightings of kingfishers at New Fen subsequently. Here is a photograph of New Fen I took today in the drizzle...
On Thursday the team were back out tackling the ragwort again, which has been particularly bad this year. They also treated the new benches at the visitor centre with wood preservative.
I was covering the visitor centre this weekend and as we were not too busy with guests I took the opportunity to get out with the mower and cut the seasonal trail around New Fen North. It still needs a little tidying up but is now back open to the public so we hope you enjoy the closer views of the reedbed. Whilst cutting I saw a large grass snake basking on a section I had finished and I also disturbed a muntjac deer who was hiding in the vegetation. I also managed to give the reeds in front of Mere Hide a bit of a trim and visitors got good views of kingfisher there as well this weekend.
We hope to see you soon.
Dave Rogers
Senior Site Manager
David Rogers Senior Site Manager - Lakenheath Fen