The task for the Gaywood Valley Conservation Group in Salters Sanctuary was twofold. The first was to litter pick the rubbish and to remove the cut grass on either side of the path and place the grass cuttings in scrubland. The second task was in an area near to the wet site where volunteers had to pull up plants of Marsh Thistle before they released their seed. The more attractive Spear Thistle was left to be able to spread. Once these had been removed the ground was dug out to so as to create a ‘scrape’ and hopefully encourage more wetland creatures and reptiles. These continued efforts by the GVCG ensures that the Salters Sanctuary provides a small wild life reserve for a variety of tree and shrub species, grasses, flowers, many insects and butterflies and habitats for small mammals and even large ones such as muntjacs right in the middle of Kings Lynn.
