This was the first field day at Sandgate Park in 2017.
There was a good turn out and the weather was fine, with sunshine and a clear blue sky.
In the woods the team set to coppicing the trees and tidying up the pile of branches that had accumulated last year. The twigs and small branches were burnt and the logs neatly stacked.
On the heather bank we continued removing the brambles and invasive shrubs to let the heather regenerate.
Almost all of the heather bank has now been cleared and we are anticipating a good show of foxgloves in early summer and heather later on in the summer. There are still some pine seedlings that need to be taken out, mainly from near the top of the bank.
As usual we stopped halfway through the morning for tea or coffee and cake and for a bit of a chat.