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…
Browsing: Work Party
Work Party 27/3/22
This was the final work party of the winter season, and with birds already commencing breeding activity we needed to take care to avoid unnecessary disturbance. The main task was…
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…
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…
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…
Work Party 12/12/21
6 adults and 2 youngsters enjoyed this mild sunny morning and made a start on planting whips inside the fence along the western boundary, beginning at the north entrance. The…
Work Party 28/11/21
This morning we enjoyed crisp, cold, calm weather to make a start on this winter’s planting marathon. Because of generous funding, we have now taken delivery of approximately 600 whips…
Work Party 24/10/21
Today we continued work removing invasive Sycamore, this time towards the northern end of the site. We used a tree popper for uprooting some of the smaller specimens and saws…
Work Party 26/09/21
This was the first work party of the autumn season. We enjoyed fine weather, with enough shade inside the wood to make life comfortable. The main task was thinning young…
Work party 25/07/2021
This was the final scheduled work party of the summer, when we continue to be restricted because of bird nesting. Therefore the main focus was on clearing the official paths…
