Pump station is no more? Inert shift into high gear for restoration. Part 3 23rd July 2022

Covers the section from the north of the copse eastward to the wetlands, over what was Cormorant lake (south) .

Inert continue to flatten the mounds they have built up over the past four years. To the east of the copse, little remains of my mighty mound, which I used to climb up to photography the changes to the site. The height gives a totally different perspective to the site, and is great for Bird In Flight photography; especially as birds normally fly east-west (or west-east) along the length of the site.

My mighty mound has been bulldozed across an area of land to the east of the copse, which is rather odd. This area is supposed to be part of the new, elongated Manor lake, and  wetlands. I can just see Inert having to dig this whole area out again.

Moving further to the east, Inert have dotted odd bits of spoil around the place. No apparent reason why.  As we begin to approach the existing wetlands, we see that Inert have been tinkering here over the past two week, bulldozing land level, building up banking (in what looks like the wrong places), and knocking down some of the soil built up around pump station mound.

One consequence of Inert hauling out the pump inlet is that water levels have begun to rise; despite the recent heatwaves and continuing lack of rain. The 1/4" dropped during the recent thunderstorms do not count: partly as it didn't rain everywhere and partly as the ground was so dry any water promptly soaked into the soil and then sucked up by plants.