Work Party 27/3/22
This was the final work party of the winter season, and with birds already commencing breeding activity we needed to take care to avoid unnecessary disturbance. The main task was…
Author Mike Rivett
March 2022 Bird Survey
(Our bird expert, John, walks the wood around 6 times between March and June and records all the birds he hears and/or sees each time. Below is his report for…
Work Party 27/2/22
Another fantastic work party in fine weather. The main task was planting 20 canopy trees (Oak and Small-leaved Lime) in a 4th trial planting area near the southern end, next to…
More vandalism
As part of the mitigating measures to protect the wood, you will have seen that the housing developers have erected a fence around the wood. This prevents access by deer…
Work Party 23/1/22
What a great work party! The main focus today was removing some invasive species (young Sycamore and Norway Maple) and using the arisings to construct a dead hedge to fill…
Bat boxes
In a new development for Sharphill Wood, and with thanks to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, we now have 8 bat boxes in the wood. Bat boxes come in a range…
Work Party, 9/1/22
A fantastic turnout of 15 volunteers (including 5 starters) helped to complete the planting of whips kindly funded by Rushcliffe Nature Conservation Special Interest Group. Having completed the northern-most third…
Sharphill featured in new virtual book
See Wendy Stanton’s study of the changes around Sharphill over 13 years (p181-5) and Mervyn Mitchell’s images documenting its beauty but also what has been lost by the development (p150-155)…
Work Party 12/12/21
6 adults and 2 youngsters enjoyed this mild sunny morning and made a start on planting whips inside the fence along the western boundary, beginning at the north entrance. The…
Sharphill Wood Flora Survey 2021
A total of 135 species were identified this year (90 flowers, 17 grasses, and 28 trees). The main findings are here, as is the accompanying methodology description. The full table…
