Dry Sandford Pit Nature Reserve - Saturday, 27th June 2026
Blog by Sally. Photos by Michele and Sally We returned to BBOWT's Dry Sandford Pit Nature Reserve on a sunny morning for our last session of June and we assembled in the car park where Adrian explained what we would be doing as Beth Hall from BBOWT had given him a list of tasks earlier in the week. Those wishing to pull Himalayan Balsam, an invasive non-native plant, were asked to put on wellington boots and those working on clearing one of the paths from overgrown vegetation were asked to wear sturdy boots. After gathering our bags and tools, Adrian led the way and we soon came to a gate where the path was barely discernible in places as the nettles, thistles and brambles were so tall! We weren't surprised when Adrian told the three scythers among us that this was what we would be scything. We soon came to a little dell in the wood where we made our base near a patch of Dog's Mercury. The three scythers set up their scythes, whilst Adrian led the rest of t...