Well it seems that under those I farm its pretty much peat!
We expected to find chalk, to be able to make up one or two places, or protect the corners of a bridge.
What we found was just a shallow run of chalk under the bottoms and then back to peat again. So this skin of chalk must have been carried out to the meadows in carts and laid down to form a solid base to the drainage system, and so maintain a level for the system as a whole.
Not many birds around at present - so just a pair of mallard in the last 2 evenings, though tonight there was a moorhen as well.
The biggest problem is the shear amount of material piled up and what to do with it!
This we will address at the half point by flooding up and examining where the water reaches.
Meanwhile where have the hirundines got to? Although I saw one swallow on the down on 27/3, I havent seen one since. Of further note is that by the end of last week the lapwing disappeared as well as the corn bunting - I just hope he's in hiding until some moisture returns.
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