The volunteeers and I were busy removing young conifers from the woods today, in one area they were beginning to shade out the understorey so we caught them just in time. We were surprised not to see any woodcocks today as we spent hours wondering around the undergrowth in the type of habitat they usually like. The highlight of the day must have been when two of our volunteers saw a salmon jumping up the weir, it was well over two foot long. In this part of the wood the hazels, honeysuckle and brambles are particularly thick, a really wild, undesturbed part of the reserve, wonderful.