The next morning a crack team of keen Old Hall volunteers were assembled to assist our RSPB colleagues at Wat Tyler Country Park in Pitsea, South Essex. We set about loading the truck with all the necessary equipment and after much head scratching and plenty of expletives we got the trailer set up correctly and the boat securely hitched. After arriving fashionably late at Wat Tyler, we all had to undergo the most amusing Health and Safety induction ever. After which, work could finally begin brushcutting the islands to encourage further bird activity.
“Ahoy there” Johanna being whisked off and held captive on Treasure Island
The finished article, a little bare now, but soon it will make ideal habitat for the birds