Work Party 26/05/2019
Today’s work party missed the worst of the rain and we were pleased to welcome two new recruits, Judi and Paul, making up a party of 10. One group cleared…
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Work Party 28/04/2019
Ideal conditions for the work party today: dry with very little wind. 7 Friends were able to attend. We focused on four tasks. Firstly was work on the edging on…
Bird and Flora walk 28/04/2019
Richard and I led the publicised walk today. We had only two other participants, Judi and Norman. We walked the central and western paths and the south-eastern perimeter path, examining…
Report of nest box monitoring for 2018
Monitoring of the Sharphill nest boxes was carried out during spring 2018 by John, with kind assistance from Chrissie and Zdena. We had 25 tit nest boxes to check, plus…
Work Party 24/03/2019
Today’s work party took place in fine weather, and we were pleased to welcome three new recruits, teachers from one of the West Bridgford primary schools. We planted a further…
Why trees have been felled at Sharphill Wood
Ash dieback, the tree disease currently attracting most attention, is unfortunately not the only disease that affects trees. Sharphill Wood has been struck by a number of other fungal infections…
work party 24/02/2019
Unfortunately, there were only 3 participants today, myself, Mike and Richard; the lowest turnout I think we’ve ever had for a work party. However, despite the heavy fog which hardly lifted,…
Work Party 10/2/19
Well, what an exhausting work party! We had received 16 canopy trees from Rushcliffe Borough Council, each with their roots wrapped in soil. Each was a fair weight, so imagine…
Work Party 27/01/2019
We had hoped to be planting some trees in a trial area towards the southern end of the main path, but because of frosts earlier in the week the supplier…
Sharphill Woods next work party 27/01/2019
When: Sunday 27th January, meeting at 09.45. We expect to have quite a lot to do, so we may continue into the afternoon. Bring a packed lunch if you wish to…
