Thursday 16th July 2026 - With a slightly smaller contingent of volunteers todays activities were divided between the Lakeside and Wet Meadow areas of Beddington Park.
As the surveying squad set about carrying out the phase 1 survey and condition assessments (amid some of the tallest specimens of Wild Carrot on the teams records) at the Lakeside Meadow the remaining team could be found clearing the route for the extension to the fenceline on the Wet meadow (to fully enclose the cattle when they are introduced).
Tuesday 14th July 2026 - The day took a bit of time to heat up for a sizeable contingent of a team with another work experience student in tow, as they set about work on Cheam Rec.
As phase 1 surveys and the condition assessments got going with one division of the team the remainder began the pushback of Bramble clambering out into the grassland and a slight spot of SFI marker-post maintenance and installation.
Thursday 9th July 2026 - The team of volunteers may have been noticeably smaller but there was still the same level of determination on show as the sun beat down heavily on the scarcely shaded Sutton Common.
With the condition assessments and phase 1 surveying got going the rest of the volunteers set about a spot of light pruning to hedge-line trees and Bramble as well as methodically combing the grassland to dead-head the patches of Docks before the seeds get a chance to disperse.
Tuesday 7th July 2026 - It was a supersized assortment of volunteers with a work experience student and a couple of Thursday stalwarts bringing up the numbers for a days activity at The Warren.
Splitting the team into two equal sized squads as the sites condition assessments and phase 1 survey got going with one of the divisions those remaining used the shade where possible as they pushed back self seeded Poplar, emerging Bramble and protruding branches from along the main drag of the site before turning attention to an over-abundance of Common Ragwort in one of the paddocks and a spot of fences restoration.
