Sharphill Wood Flora Survey 2019
Introduction Sharphill Wood is a native mixed, primarily deciduous, woodland and a designated Local Wildlife Site (formerly known as a SINC) for its important flora and fauna. In terms of…
Author Friends of Sharphill
Work Party 22/09/2019
Early morning rain had cleared by the time we started, and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed several new volunteers. Our main task was to tackle some of…
Report of Sharphill Wood Nest Box Survey 2019
Once again I conducted a nest box survey at Sharphill Wood this spring. This comprised 9 site visits between 11th April (when a few nests had been started) and 9th…
Sharphill Wood Bird Report 2019
Introduction 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…
Extra work party 08/09/2019
This additional work party replaced the July one, cancelled because of bad weather. The main aim was to complete clearing around whips along the north-eastern boundary and the whips /…
Insect Square Survey 2019
Recently Sharphill Wood has had cardboard squares attached to several variety of trees. They have been collected and the species of insect located on them have now been looked at…
Bryophyte Survey 2019
A Bryophyte survey has recently been completed at Sharphill Wood which was led by British Bryological Society Recorder for Notts, M. Crittenden Quote below is taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte “Bryophytes are…
Work Party 23/06/2019
Today’s work party took place in fine weather, and we had at our disposal 3 scythes, kindly loaned by Notts Wildlife Trust / Skylarks. One job was to trim encroaching…
