The Trust has achieved a lot during the last year:

• denser scrub has been reduced in Compartment 1 (see map) and regenerated as more varied reed and willowherb
• Compartment 2 (“Tamarisk Field”) has been mown to restrict regrowth of coarse plants
• in Compartment 4, soil on the Old Tennis Court has been stripped back to encourage the return of dry-soil plants, some tall trees have been felled to introduce more light and the pond has been opened up
• along the west bank of the Canal. in Compartment 5, some scrub has been removed to permit the return of the linear reedbed
• the overgrown WWII gun emplacement in Compartment 6 has been cleared to permit safe access and reveal its structure

In addition, we ran:

• a walk to explain the wartime defences of Toot Rock
• our Annual Meeting with an illustrated talk on lichens by Keith Palmer
• our 2nd Photographic Competition
• our Annual Summer Lunch

and:

• we have adopted an updated constitution
• we now have a Facebook page
• …and created this website! (still with a few teething problems….)