14 of us attended this task at one of our regular haunts – Chambers Farm
Woods.
The task saw us creating log piles for the benefit of grass snakes to live
in and bask on. We created log piles in a few different locations as
much as time permitted. We weren’t fortunate enough to see any snakes
ourselves but hoped they would use our specially created piles.
One incident that was interesting was the discovery of a wasps nest.
This was found by someone sitting nearly on top of it during a coffee break
it and suffering a little in the process!! I had never seen a wasp
nest and I’m sure others in the group hadn’t either. It was
approximately the size of a bowling ball and had the appearance of a papier
mache construction, with honeycomb type cells. You never know what you might
see on one of our task days!
Jonathan