Author Andrew Edwards

As has been the practice in recent years, John Elwell led a series of nest box inspections from mid-April to early June as part of the British Trust for Ornithology…

On the hottest morning of the year so far, 7 of us participated in today’s work party. Bill and Richard painstakingly applied linseed oil to the new notice boards and…

Fantastic weather for the seven participants today. The main task was continuing the removal of guards and canes from whips planted along the eastern boundary. Although whips south of the…

An impressive turnout of 11 volunteers gathered in the springtime sunshine for this work party. It’s bird nesting season so we can’t undertake any maintenance work that causes a disturbance…

Incredibly good weather for the time of year allowed us to complete a successful winter’s programme of woodland work, before bird nesting gets underway. There were 11 of us today,…

Reasonable weather for our work party, the first of 2026. We were sheltered from the south-easterly, and rain kept away until we were nearly finished. On this occasion we welcomed…

It was great to welcome 10 fantastic volunteers for our final work party of 2025. The weather was good, once again sheltered from the westerly wind. It was nice to…

10 super volunteers were undaunted by the somewhat muddy conditions today. The weather was kind, allowing comfortable working sheltered from the westerly. The main task was coppicing more trees near…