Spring Bird Report, 2023
Every spring between March and June, over the course of 6 visits, our bird expert, John, with other volunteers, specifically looks and listens to identify what birds are present. A…
Author Mike Rivett
Work Party, 23/7/23
Following lots of rain during the previous couple of days, the morning of the work party was mercifully dry, apart from a couple of brief sprinkles, and a comfortable temperature.…
Green Flag for Sharphill Wood!
We can now announce that, following an application and site inspection earlier this year, Sharphill Wood has been granted a Green Flag Award, a scheme administered by Keep Britain Tidy…
2023 Nest Box Report
With valuable help on different occasions from Chris, Jan, Jenni, Simon and Zdena, I completed this year’s round of nest box inspections. 2022 was the best year to date since…
10th West Bridgford Guides Litter Pick
The Guide Leader Jessica offered to carry out a litter pick on the evening of 20th June, which was very gratefully accepted by the Friends. StreetWise very kindly offered the…
Natural causes?
The tree on the right is a wild cherry which, although it has managed to use its reserves to come into leaf this spring, was completely uprooted when its larger…
Not all good news…
This is a photo of “Trial Planting Area 4”, towards the southern end of the eastern path. In the winter of 2021/2 we planted 18 standard trees – oak and…
Dawn chorus walk, 30/4/23
Although not strictly a dawn chorus walk (we didn’t start till 06.30!), 12 of us visited the wood yesterday morning to listen to the birds and see what we could…
Another hole!
Another hole has opened up on the main path tunnel just 18 months after the last one – which needed a boardwalk make the path safe again. The County Council…
Butterflies! Your help needed!
As a group we have a responsibility to monitor the flora and fauna of the wood. (It’s in our management plan!) We have little information about what butterflies are present…
