Dawn chorus walk
Sun 30th April – Dawn Chorus at Sharphill Wood beginning at 06.30 and led by John Elwell. Please contact John for details on 07794 052672 or via the Friends of Sharphill Wood…
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Annual nest box maintenance
John’s report, November 2022: Annual nest box maintenance has been carried out by Jenni, Tim and John during two site visits this week. This involved inspecting boxes for damage, clearing…
Work Party 6/11/22
Today’s work party was a replacement for the October work party, cancelled because of foul weather, but despite relatively short notice we had an excellent turn-out of 16 volunteers. On…
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…
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…
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.
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…
