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Hot and bothered, but Inert make great progress on Finch pond jnr II 7th July 2018

7/7/2018

 
It is horribly hot. Temperatures once again heading to the thirties and above. Flora is beginning to suffer everywhere, with parts of the reserve and my garden dying.

Inert have concentrated their efforts on finishing off Finch pond jnr II. The have extended its south and east shores to an extraordinary degree. The thickness of the infill is pretty impressive, leading me to believe that a lot of haulage lorries have been contracted this past week.

I also get the feeling that our bulldozer driver has also been working around the boulder sorter outer.  The piles of sorted stuff grow ever higher.

There were a number of haulage lorries in evidence when I arrived at lunchtime on Thursday. I counted at least three R Collard and four John Stacey lorries. The latter still form the backbone of the haulage efforts from what I can see. It was lunchtime, as I mentioned, so I didn't see the usual backup grab loaders about.

It should be interesting to see what happens after Finch pond jnr II is completed. According to the plans, the remnant of Finch pond should be a lot thinner, and should narrow to a taper. Inert may turn their attentions to the south shore of Finch pond.

However, with the breeding season virtually over for any schedule one birds, and with the water levels so low, it is possible that Inert will turn their efforts to Cormorant lake, the north embankment and ridge.

Our interesting white Aztec 'temple' has disappeared. Probably doing duty as traffic control, it is now part of the infill of Finch pond.

The pump was chugging away on Thursday, with the wildlife making the most of the small islets that have formed in Finch pond.  There were loads of Lapwings, a belligerent Shelduck (which attacked a Tufted Teal), a smattering of gulls, a couple of Ringed Plovers and a couple of Wagtails - I think of the grey variety.

Here is my latest, very badly drawn, estimate of how far Inert have got with the infill.
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    A polite notice first: All photographs on this blog are owned by me and subject to copyright.

    Also, note that I have special permission to be on the Eversley quarry site of Fleet Hill farm, Manor farm and the Hampshire part. They are not open areas for general access.  Please keep to the public rights of way.

    I was quite fascinated to see how Cemex would restore their gravel extractions workings to become a nature reserve, and so started this blog.  There is an ulterior motive. It does mean that my partner and I get some well needed exercise as we stomp around the reserve every week.  Following the progress of the restorations does mean the walk is not as tedious as it might otherwise become.

    Don't worry about one of the archives being November 2025. You haven't entered a time warp! It's just that I've discovered a way to pin a post to the top of a blogger in Weebly; not straight forward apparently.  I have to set the date far far into the future.

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