The team also laid a stone path leading to a pond dipping platform for use by schools and local youth groups, painted a bird hide with preservative, cleared water margins to create dead hedging and rejuvenated a meadow by clearing the ground to sow wildflowers seeds.

The 25-acre site in the River Wey valley is a rich haven for over 100 species of birds and other wildlife including Water Rail, Kingfisher, numerous duck species, Lapwing, Green and Common Sandpiper, Roe deer, foxes and Harvest Mice. Recent survey results for Harvest Mice numbers are described as ‘really encouraging’.

John Mairs, chairman of the trustees at Unstead said:

He also praised the other work done by the team and added:

UK Power Networks Services gives employees two paid day a year to carry out community work, and most of the team involved on the day were taking a break from their day job which is delivering electrical work for the army.

Client delivery manager, Rodney Booth said: