Kat Reay of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) is in charge of organising events in their nature reserves under its “Leamington Green Connections” initiative, and of course, this includes Oakley Wood. Kat has sent details […]
One of the subjects that users of the wood have complained about for many years is the state of the paths in wet weather, especially in the winter. Some become virtually impassable. The Friends of […]
As promised, finally, some more video from the trail camera. The camera has been parked at the pond for some time as it’s probably the most reliable place to capture the wood’s wildlife, so all […]
I visited the wood this morning to retrieve the trailcam card (I promise – again – to post some soon). As usual I took my camera with me which normally makes sure that I’ll see […]
The recent storms Eunice and Franklin have left their mark on the wood. Apart from the unexpected gift from Wiggerland Wood – a tree that fell across the Moreton Morrell road and most of which […]
The last task weekend of the winter will be held in Oakley Wood on Sunday 27th February lead as usual by WWT reserves officer George Green. The plan will be something of a spring tidy […]
Last year I started to take more of an interest in the history of Oakley Wood Camp, in particular the conflicting views over its origin and purpose. I thought that perhaps metal detecting might be […]
The next Oakley Wood weekend volunteer session is on Sunday 30th January at 10:00 am, led as usual by George Green. Now that the autumn logging activity in the wood is finally complete we will […]
George Green has provided more details about the next WWT volunteer session on Sunday 28th November. Normally these sessions meet at the loading bay off the B4100 Banbury Road, but as this is still has […]
George Green has provided more details of the forthcoming Sunday work sessions in Oakley Wood. They are: MONTH DATE ACTIVITY November 2021 Sunday 28th Woodland Ride Management December 2021 Sunday 12th Hazel Coppicing January 2022 […]