Heyshott Again
Yesterday (13th November) I headed towards Heyshott Escarpment for the weekly work party. However, I couldn't pass Burton Mill Pond without stopping to enjoy the view. This beautiful lake is full of fat, green Tench and although I haven't fished for many years, I always get the urge to cast a line whenever I stand on the dam wall. It won't be long before the first Bitterns of winter arrive.
As I approached Heyshott I could see the wood-smoke from the work party bonfires, rising then hanging low against the wooded slope in the still, damp autumn air.
Seven members of the Murray Downland Trust and BC Sussex spent the morning brush-cutting and raking the plateaus and pits in Compartment 10, part of a rolling programme of rotational habitat management.
Once the day's work was finished I stayed a while to enjoy the autumn colours on the reserve. I always think the Heyshott Beech trees are particularly beautiful, but everything about Heyshott seems to be beautiful.