Island In The Sun

It was a lovely day to be out and about today - gorgeous sunshine, gentle breeze - no chill in the air, a real summers day.

We began the day by making a few bonfires to burn last week's raked Molinia. While collecting some brash to burn from up by the pylons, I spotted this lizard escaping the wrath of our rakes.

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Then with a few bits of newspaper we burnt the grass on the ground to make way for some fresh growth - using shovels we tried to rescue as much heather as we could from the flames.

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The sun got a bit much for us after lunch, so we took the opportunity to relax in the heat!

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For the remainder of the afternoon we created some islands for the Grebes. The lack of water lilys means the Grebes need something to use as a base for their nest. We cut sections off the edge of the marsh and dragged them out into the lake, and anchored them with a large stake. Was lovely to be out there in the sunshine!

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