New boardwalk over the badger sett
Last month Paul Phillips (Ecology and Sustainability Officer for Rushcliffe Borough Council) agreed with Nottinghamshire County Council Rights of Way a specification for a boardwalk to be constructed over the…
Author Mike Rivett
Nest box inspection report, June 2022
With help on different occasions from Tim, Zdena, Edwina, Jenni, Jan and Bill, I completed this year’s round of nest box inspections. It has proved to be a great year,…
Early-purple orchids thriving
The Sharphill Wood population of Early-purple Orchid appears to be in good health, and there are indications that the size of the population may have increased over the last 4…
Work Party 22/5/22
Another fine day for our work party. The main task for the 11 volunteers was checking on whips planted around the boundary over the last couple of winters. One team,…
Dawn Chorus walk, 30/4/22
John Elwell led a “dawn chorus” walk this morning in excellent weather. Helped by Chrissie, we took a group of 13 people around the wood, listening and looking for birds.…
Annual Report 2022
Covid-19 has meant that we were unable to hold our ordinary meetings of the Friends of Sharphill Wood face to face, but thanks to Friends David Nicholson-Cole and Chrissie Wells…
Work Party 24/4/22
For todays’ Work Party, which was led by Richard, we enjoyed some sunshine and views of lovely spring flowers; we split into two sub-groups on entering the wood, one sub-group…
An appeal to dog walkers
The Wildlife Trusts recently requested that dog walkers keep their animals on a lead during the nesting season in order to protect nesting birds from disturbance which can result in…
14th West Bridgford Brownies 29th March 2022 Litter Picking Evening
The 14th West Bridgford Brownies offered to help the Friends of Sharphill Wood to clean up after careless Wood users who leave litter. We accepted gratefully! Many people have the…
Ashy Mining Bees
The small holes in the earth, visible on the hill from Peveril Drive up to the wood, have been identified as down to Ashy Mining Bees.
