Lots of Ringlets out and about on June 29th. Mike Ridealgh caugth at least 2 on camera!

Our plug wild-flower plants for our Co-op project are coming along quite nicely on June 22nd. Out on the site we have been doing a lot of trimming beside the path behind Goodwood Grove houses to keep it safe and replacing some excessively large trees posing a threat to houses with wild flowers and more appropriate smaller trees and shrubs.

Nice to be able to post what Fiends of Mayfields are really all about, native flaura and fauna. Mike took these two shots yesterday of a pair of Speckled Woods and a newly appeared orchid.

CYC workers finally cut down the last sections of the problem goat willow for us on June 5th. To save us having to do a lot of cutting up they kindly put the waste through a heavy duty shredder. Friends of Mayfields will dispose of the large pile they left on Little Hob Moor by spreading as a thin mulch layer in woodland parts of the site or by composting on site.

After removal of first 27 trugs of chipped material on June 6th.

Great to have Mike Ridealgh back volunteering on Mayfields on June 1st. Mike and Malcolm had an excellent 4-hour session cutting back overgrown vegetation beside the main gate and around the noticeboard.. Offcuts were composted elsewhere on site.

Malcolm had another 2-hour session on June 2nd starting to catch up with strimming and mowing behind Hobmoor Terrace garden fences.

After a 2-hour effort.