Thursday 23 February 2012

The sun comes out for the large excavator!

Today was a very warm welcome to the arrival of a 20 tonne excavator to Fleet Pond. It was delivered on a low loading lorry and then expertly manoeuvred through the Fleet Pond car park height barrier (as shown in picture).
The excavator has a very long reach on it which is perfect for dredging/digging up the silt from the bottom of the pond. We also had a large de

livery of wooden stakes, these will be used to reinforce the new island sides which will support the recycled silt (mainly sand).
Today we had a great sighting of a Red Admiral butterfly which sat in the car park to bask in the sunlight, which enabled
me to get quite close and take some nice photos. This is the first
butterfly I've seen so far this year! Have you seen any while about the pond?

Looking forward to seeing you around the pond

Louise Greenwood
Fleet Pond Countryside Ranger

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