Work Party 27/11/22
Another good turnout of 15 volunteers today, enjoying nice weather. The main task was the planting of 120 whips (Crab Apple, Dog Rose, Dogwood, Hazel and Hawthorn) kindly donated by…
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Work Party 28/11/21
This morning we enjoyed crisp, cold, calm weather to make a start on this winter’s planting marathon. Because of generous funding, we have now taken delivery of approximately 600 whips…
Spring Birds at Sharphill Wood 2021
Sharphill Wood is home to typical birds of deciduous woodland and margins. Resident species are supplemented by a handful of summer visitors. Although birds can be quite difficult to spot…
Work Party 27/06/2021
Todays’ Work Party led by Bill consisted of Mike, Sal, welcome newcomers Jane and Jamie with Nick kindly providing us with 2 scythes from Skylarks on which he gave a demonstration…
Nest Box Inspection Report, June 2021
This year’s inspection of nest boxes at Sharphill Wood is now complete following a 9th visit today just to check the final box. Thanks to Chrissie, Hilary, Jan, Simon, Tim…
Annual Report 2021
Due to the Covid-19 lockdown there were no ordinary meetings of the Friends of Sharphill Wood for April and May 2020 and we missed the 12 May Annual General Meeting.…
Work Party 23/05/2021
Sunday’s Work Party was led by Richard. We split into two sub-groups on entering the wood, one sub-group concentrating on path edging, and the other picking up the other tasks.…
Dawn chorus walk 25/04/2021
The Sharphill Wood dawn chorus walk went ahead on a fine but chilly morning and at full capacity (6 participants including leader). Most of the common woodland birds were in…
Work Party 25/04/2021
Todays’ Work Party was split into 2 sub-groups to comply with the ‘Rule of 6’, one sub-group led by Bill and the other by Richard. Bill, Mike and Lucie took water for the trial…
Work Party 28/03/2021
It was great to hold a work party again after the latest lockdown, and we were fortunate that the areas we worked in were largely sheltered from the strong south-westerly.…
