Almost exactly a year ago we paid a first visit to the area of little islands between Black Rocks and Cogmill. On that occasion, the river was too deep to wade and the area was almost covered in Balsam. We had to revisit the following week to finish clearing.
In contrast, this year the river was not much more than ankle deep and there was far less balsam to clear. However some plants were already more than two metres tall and the first flowers had appeared.
We were able to clear all of the little islands and some of the field edge on the far bank. Another visit in a few weeks time will probably be necessary to tidy up any stragglers which we missed amongst the tangled undergrowth and also to tackle more along the field edge.
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