Recent visitors will have seen the work on the Mike Corner Memorial Screen at the bottom of the Dragonfly path near Saltholme Pools Hide.
The wet grassland beyond the screen is SSSI so permission had to be obtained from Natural England before work could begin. Next the old screen was dismantled and a cattle resistant fence erected, then a trench excavated before the new structure installed.
John and Mike have - both volunteers and skilled craftsmen - have done much of the work assisted by the rest of the volunteer team. They selected larch boards complete with the bark and these have been set in concrete.
Ed, assistant warden, took this photo of John, Freddie and Mike consolidating the concrete which the rest of us had just poured.
This just leaves a problem: how to see the birds through the solid planks? John and Mike have have cunning little plan and all will be revealed in due course, and in winter the views from here of the flocks of Lapwing and Golden Plover will be great.
We are very grateful for the generous and thoughtful donation that has made this project possible.
Peter