Or rather it was a putting stakes in task as Sheila, Michael and Jen joined the Friends of Haymill and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) to build protective cages around the coppiced Hazel stools from previous sessions. There were seven stools to be protected from deer and other wildlife. The first job was whittling pointed ends onto the branches being used as stakes, then we weaved bendier branches in horizontally as binders before finishing by threading thinner branches vertically to act as filler. Lopping, sawing, moving, bending and weaving branches were the order of the day so a great workout, in the sunshine to the sound of birdsong. A perfect start to a Sunday.