Many apologies for the pause in blogging. I have been away for a week counting gulls on the Isle of May NNR and then got swamped with paperwork once I got back.
So what sort of things are in the inbox/in tray of a reserve manager ? Well here are a few of the issues that have come up and need to be dealt with -
- a party of amateur radio enthusiasts set up to transmit for the weekend from the Flanders Moss car park. Though this didn't cause too much damage it did concern regular local visitors.
- there have been concerns of disabled access to the site such as problems with the gradients of the paths and the surface of the car park so we have been meeting groups of wheelchair users to see if we can improve their access to the site.
- someone from Cumbria wants to know how we manage for adders on Flanders Moss (very carefully !).
- I have been arranging for new moth trapping equipment to make us more efficient in our moth monitoring.
- the higher profile of the nature reserve has meant that more groups are wanting to come and visit to reserve, we have hosted 6 groups in the last 2 weeks.
Enough, you get the idea, but I will endeavour to keep blogging.
NOTE - MEET THE "WARDEN" DAY - if you have any questions about the reserve I will be down at the viewing tower on Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm to meet and chat with anyone who is visiting the reserve. Hope to see you there.
So what sort of things are in the inbox/in tray of a reserve manager ? Well here are a few of the issues that have come up and need to be dealt with -
- a party of amateur radio enthusiasts set up to transmit for the weekend from the Flanders Moss car park. Though this didn't cause too much damage it did concern regular local visitors.
- there have been concerns of disabled access to the site such as problems with the gradients of the paths and the surface of the car park so we have been meeting groups of wheelchair users to see if we can improve their access to the site.
- someone from Cumbria wants to know how we manage for adders on Flanders Moss (very carefully !).
- I have been arranging for new moth trapping equipment to make us more efficient in our moth monitoring.
- the higher profile of the nature reserve has meant that more groups are wanting to come and visit to reserve, we have hosted 6 groups in the last 2 weeks.
Enough, you get the idea, but I will endeavour to keep blogging.
NOTE - MEET THE "WARDEN" DAY - if you have any questions about the reserve I will be down at the viewing tower on Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm to meet and chat with anyone who is visiting the reserve. Hope to see you there.
