This week we took a day out with our Thursday volunteer work party from Exminster to Labrador Bay, just to the south of Teignmouth. This reserve, inteded by the RSPB as a home for Cirl Buntings, is made of fields running along part of the South West Coast Path.

Labrador 

Bay Car Park - geograph.org.uk - 493359

Labrador Bay car park in the summer: Derek Harper [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Because of the exposed location, we really felt the wind and the rain, but did manage to get some jobs done. We cleared up some fly-tipping - a discarded car wheel, and made repairs to a kissing gate. We also opened back up a section of footpath that was choked with brambles and nettles, and trimmed the sides further along the path to help keep it clear.

Footpath near Labrador Bay car park - geograph.org.uk - 604250

Labrador Bay reserve: Andrew Hill [CC-BY-SA-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons