Album Index

Kestrel chick 2007

Some photos taken from 2002 showing the history of Bear Mead Plantation.

Field vole

166 photos total

Nov 02 AUCTION and FLOOD 001a Plantation field 001b Stour and field 1 001c Access track in flood. Apr 03 POTS on the PATIO 003a Best oaks 003b Poorest oaks 003c Next best oaks 003d Willow cuttings Jul 03 BOB and SIMON 006a Little digger 006b Author puzzling 006c Auger 006d Nursery finished Aug 03 NEWSPAPER photos see A Gallery of thumbnails 05 A sapling in the Nursery 08 Saplings in the Nursery 09 A sapling in the Nursery 16 Drawing water at the well 20 The Nurserymen 27 Saplings in the Nursery 28 Watering the saplings in Summer 29 The Nursery 34 Hedging offcuts 35 Author and wife 37 Stour in Summer Apr 04 PLANTATION 008a Pond and Nursery 008b Ditch, hedge and fence 008c Nursery ready 008d Logpile Jun 04 CURIOSITIES 010a Poppies 010b Beetles on shirt Oct 04 VOLE THREAT 009a Field vole 009b Unwise! 009c Angled hoe 009d Cultivator hoe 009e Sensible! Feb 05 ODDMENTS 011a Building the Veg patch 011b End of Access track 011c Reserve Sign Dec 05 The FLOOD 012a Wearing waders 012b Access track canal 012c Plantation gate 012d Deerfence gate 012e Nursery 012f Spoilheap dry 012g Compost and logpile 012h Pond and Nursery 012i Toolbox on stilts 012j Next day, pond 012k Next day, entrance gate Mar 06 The SCRAPE 049a Puddling 049b August 06 049c Cutting side sods 049d Filling new liner Mar 06 The DALEK 050a Time capsule Jun 06 JASON the Hawkman 052a Inspecting Barn Owl box 052b Abandoned kestrel egg Aug 06 TREES in plantation 051a Oak A8 051b Oak F8 051c Oak G8 051d Oak G7 051e Oak A7 051f Willow 051g Ash 051h Chestnut 051i Oak A8 051j Long grass 051k Swans on the Stour Aug 06 The GAZEBO 053a The skeleton 053b The roof 053c The wreckage Nov 06 WATER problems 054a The end of Summer 054b First Flood of the Year 054c Bridge over troubled waters 054d Cumberland Gap Dec 06 Fallen TREE 055a Chainsaw at work 055b James, Rosie and Simon 055c The stockade of logs 055d Bonfire of twigs 055e Burning in the night 055f A Bridge too far Early 07 ODDMENTS 056a Gort the scarecrow 056b Ash stripped by deer 056c Spraying thistles Jun 07 KESTREL chick 057a 6 chicks in a box. 057b Close-up. 057c Indignant chick. 057d Jason ready to ring. 057e Chicks ringed and ready. 057f Kestrel chick. Sep 07 ODDMENTS 058a Dredging Mill Stream. 058b Black Poplar cuttings. 058c Field #3 aftermath. 058d Mill Stream full. 058e Swans on River. 058f Swans on Mill Stream. 058g Metal detecting. Sep 07 Clearing the Mill Stream 059a Cutting grass. 059b Digger arrives. 059c Digging trench. 059d Long spoil heap. 059e Digging from bridge. 059f Dangerous position. 059g Filling dumper. 059h Filling Cumberland gap. Oct 07 Tidying the Mill Stream 060a Spoil heap. 060b Wood piles. 060c Signpost + cairn. 060d Mill stream. 060f Plank bridge. 060g Ditch cross-section. 060h Concrete bridge. 060i Water level scale. 060j Mill stream gate. 060k Ditch between bridges. Oct 07 ODDMENTS 061a Cairn J. 061b Cairn R. 061c Ash logpile. 061d Well and bucket. 061f Mobile toolbox. 061g Swans on Stour. 061h Roe deer. 061i Dead ashes. 061j Rosie planting poplars. 061k Swans on beach. 061l Sunset over bridleway. Nov 07 NEW MILL STREAM 062a Water rising in trench. 062b Neighbour's stream full. 062c Area flooding. 062d White water in trench. 062f Flow leaves old streambed. 062g Area flooding. 062h Water enters trench. 062i Area flooding. 062j Flow re-enters Stour. 062k Stream #5. 062L Reservoir empties. 062m Mill Stream at Eyebridge. 062p Mill Stream Nov 07. 062q Mill Stream May 08. 062r Mill Stream Nov 07. Jun 08 MAKING BALAGE 063a Peter and his tractor. 063b Cutters on three sides. 063c Pollen smoke. 063d Squeezing into next field. 063e Finishing field #4. 063f The grass lies and dries. 063g The cutting teeth. 063h Shaun with raker. 063i The rakes working. 063j Grass in a line. 063k Raking into a line. 063l Lifting rakes. 063m Rakes vertical. 063n The baler. 063o Dropping a bale. 063p A bare bale. 063q Loading a bale. 063r Wrapping a bale. 063s Lifting a bale. 063t Loading the transporter. 063u Transporting 24 bales. Jun 08 FISHING 064a Steve fishing 064b A record perch 064c Simon with a big chub 064d Paul with a giant chub Jun 08 ODDMENTS 065a pH measuring. 065b Bath suspension 065c Human femur found 065d Where femur was found Jun 09 STUN FISHING 066a Arriving from upstream. 066b Crew relaxing. 066c Setting off again. 066d Stun fishing. 066e Stun fishing. 066f Stun fishing. 066g Stun fishing. 066h Departing downstream. Jun 09 INVERTED STUMP 067a Stump hole. 067b Inverted stump 067c Silted ditch 067d Hole refilled Jul 09 SWEET TRACK 068a Gate & stream. 068b Seat & sand. 068c Causeway. Nov 09 EYEMEAD SCRAPES 069a The notice.

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