On the hottest morning of the year so far, 7 of us participated in today’s work party. Bill and Richard painstakingly applied linseed oil to the new notice boards and…

Fantastic weather for the seven participants today. The main task was continuing the removal of guards and canes from whips planted along the eastern boundary. Although whips south of the…

An impressive turnout of 11 volunteers gathered in the springtime sunshine for this work party. It’s bird nesting season so we can’t undertake any maintenance work that causes a disturbance…

Incredibly good weather for the time of year allowed us to complete a successful winter’s programme of woodland work, before bird nesting gets underway. There were 11 of us today,…

Reasonable weather for our work party, the first of 2026. We were sheltered from the south-easterly, and rain kept away until we were nearly finished. On this occasion we welcomed…

It was great to welcome 10 fantastic volunteers for our final work party of 2025. The weather was good, once again sheltered from the westerly wind. It was nice to…

10 super volunteers were undaunted by the somewhat muddy conditions today. The weather was kind, allowing comfortable working sheltered from the westerly. The main task was coppicing more trees near…

With two site visits during the last week, volunteers carried out the annual nest box maintenance work. We now have a total of 28 boxes suitable for Blue Tit and…

A fabulous crew of 11 accomplished today’s work in splendid fashion, finishing slightly early. We continued coppicing in the northern part of the wood, and used the material harvested to…

Today’s work party, in lovely weather, attracted 9 volunteers, including newcomers Alice and Duke of Edinburgh candidate Will. This was the first work party since the end of bird nesting,…