Next work party – 23 October 2022
We will continue coppicing of trees such as Elder and Wych Elm, as well as removing small specimens of invasive Sycamore and Norway Maple. We will use the arisings for…
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Annual site visit with RBC and NWT
Our annual site visit, where officers of The Friends meet in the wood with representatives of Rushcliffe Borough Council and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, was held on Tuesday 23 August. Priorities…
Bat boxes occupied
In January the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust kindly erected 8 new bat boxes in the wood. NWT have now been back to check the boxes and have recorded 1x brown long-eared bat…
Work Party 26/6/22
June is the month when the nettles and brambles beside the paths really become a problem. Fortunately Notts Wildlife Trust have scythes we can borrow and a volunteer, Nick Mills,…
Spring Birds at Sharphill Wood, 2022
John’s new report is now available. This is based on several visits to the wood between late March and early June. These surveys have been conducted annually starting 2018. To…
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…
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.…
