Royal Gazette: Spittal Pond Community Day Planned for next weekend
The Bermuda National Trust will hold a community day at Spittal Pond next weekend.
Karen Border, the organisation’s executive director, said trees will be planted on a new berm at the reserve during the free event on January 27.
The BNT submitted plans for the berm in June 2023, and the barrier, which protects the pond from pollutants and run-off from a nearby farm, is complete.
The organisation is also repairing a fence at the farm to prevent the cows from straying onto the pond.
Ms Border said: “We are looking for volunteers to help plant the new berm with native and endemic species, and you will have the chance to learn more about the site’s natural history in the process.
“There will be two opportunities to plant on the berm, the first at 10am and the second at 12pm.”
In addition to planting, the BNT will showcase a new sign that reinterprets Portuguese Rock next Saturday.
A sailor carved letters and the year 1543 into the rock in the 16th century, making it the earliest physical sign of human presence on the island.