Earthworm survey, 23/10/23
With thanks to Nick Mills for his advice and guidance following his earthworm survey at Skylarks, Barry Cunnison and Bill Logan have conducted two earthworm surveys in the wood this…
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U3A Visit
On Friday 27 October we had a visit from the Keyworth u3a Wildlife and Conservation group who regularly visit local nature reserves such as ours. Fortunately, the weather was much…
Nestbox maintenance
This week John, Tim, and new recruit Bob conducted the annual inspection of our nest boxes. As well as clearing out nest material and disinfecting, each box is checked for…
Work Party, 22/10/23
A beautiful sunny morning for the 10 of us today, including first-timer Bob. Once again we were thinning a few youngish trees at the northern end, using the material to…
Fundraising Activity 2023
Funders have been generous to us over the years, but much of the grant money we can access has to be for specific items and tools. It is time we…
Bat boxes update
Lorna Griffiths (City Nature Recovery Officer for the Notts Wildlife Trust) recently checked the bat boxes in the wood. This is her report. Three boxes had bats in: Box 4…
Work Party, 24/9/23
Coolish conditions made it very pleasant for the 10 hard-working volunteers today. We were pleased to welcome two new Duke of Edinburgh award candidates, Charlotte and Jack, and their fathers.…
New shed!
The Friends of Sharphill Wood necessarily has a large number of tools for use at work parties. These include shovels, spades, loppers, billhooks, saws, as well as a first aid…
Special Work Party, 14/9/23
IFS is a multinational enterprise software company headquartered in Linköping, Sweden. The local office is Toll Bar House on Melton Road near Sharphill Wood and they indicated an interest is…
A success story!
The photo shows one of the canopy trees which the Friends planted at the February work party in 2019. It’s bearing acorns! A massive “thank you” to everyone who participated…
