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…
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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.
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…
