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AGM Minutes 2022
Below is the link to the minutes of the 2022 AGM, held using Zoom. Next year we hope to return to the village hall and once again have a speaker.
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-AGM-Minutes-11-May-2022.doc
AGM 11th May on ZOOM
This year’s AGM will be held again using ZOOM on the 11th May at 7.00pm. Everyone is welcome to join.
The online link to access the meeting is here…. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86218013413?pwd=ZnZaQXk0MWgrNTB6eWlSV3lKQnc2UT09
In the meantime, please read the minutes from last year and the agenda for this…..
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-AGM-Minutes-18-May-2021.doc
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-AGM-Agenda-11-May-2022.doc
…. here is the current financial information….
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-Balance-Sheet-year-to-31-March-2022.pdf
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-I-E-account-year-to-31-March-2022.pdf
… and this year’s Trustees Report
https://www.ekwt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EKWT-Trustees-Report-May-2022-1.docx
Bluebell Walk on 4th May
Meet in the Crabtree Lane car park on Wednesday 4th May at 7.00pm for a walk around Ox Close Woods, all welcome.
Harvest Mouse Nest Survey
Robert and Ann from the West Yorkshire Mammal Group joined us for our harvest mouse nest survey at Fitts Fields.
Families enjoyed looking at the base of large tufts of grass for the nests. None were found, but we did find lots of field vole nests.
In October Ann and Robert will be joining us again and setting Longworth humane traps to try and observe a variety of small mammals.
Tree Planting at Keswick Beck
Volunteers from the Trust recently joined with members of the Yorkshire Dales River Trust to plant trees alongside Keswick Beck. It was lovely to have so many volunteers of all ages taking part and learning more about the River Trust and their natural flood management plans.
Winter Bird Survey 2022
After initially being cancelled due to bad weather, the winter bird survey took place on Sunday 27th February on a gloriously sunny day. A total of 38 bird species were recorded along with Roe deer, rabbit and fox.
Birds recorded:
Blue Tit, Blackbird, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Coot, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Kestrel, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Lapwing, Nuthatch, Redwing, Robin, Red Kite, Rook, Skylark, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Treecreeper, Woodpigeon, Wren.
Hedge laying at the Marsh
A number of the Trust’s volunteers took part in a hedge laying course recently and over the last 3 weeks have completed laying the hedge along the edge of the Marsh. Over time hedges can become hollow at the base and provide little shelter for wildlife. Hedge laying is a traditional skill that rejuvenates the hedge from the base to provide a stock proof barrier and dense habitat for wildlife. You can admire their work as you walk past on Main Street.
Family Hedge Planting Event – a success!
The family hedge and woodland tree planting days in January at the Fitts Lane reserve had a great turnout, particularly on the Sunday, when approximately 30 people of all ages were there.
A big thank you to everyone who came to help and planted hedgerows that will be a haven for wildlife for years to come!
Dry Stone Wall
Anyone visiting the Fitts Reserve will notice that there’s been a lot of work clearing the boundaries in order to install stock fencing. In amongst the vegetation we came across a pair of very old stone gate posts with many nearby dressed stones in and on the ground.
In order to make use of the stones we decided to have a go at creating a dry stone wall with results shown below. By coincidence, as we were making the wall a chap walking down the path mentioned that many years ago there was a stone-built field bothy… probably used to store tools.
It was satisfying to be able to put these stones to good use again.
