Task Weekend Sunday 28th November
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 […]
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Task weekends 2021/2 – more details
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 […]
Advanced notice of task weekends
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust are pleased to announce the resumption of working parties in Oakley Wood. These have been suspended for too long because of COVID restrictions – hopefully this is another sign of life returning […]
Cryptic Woodland Quiz – answers
Well, Cathy had us all stumped with her quiz. No-one got it all right. The questions are here, and these are the answers: Acorn Badger Sycamore Woodcock Beech Roe deer Hedgehog Walnut Lichen Wood anemone […]
Cryptic Woodland Quiz
At our last AGM the evening’s entertainment included a cryptic quiz about the wood to test your brain, devised by our Cathy Kennedy. We’re repeating it here for those who may have missed it. If […]
Winter Task Day 23rd February
George Green has sent me a note about the last winter management session at Oakley Wood on Sunday 23rd. George says that “we’ll be chopping, slashing and cutting things down”, so come along and work […]
Winter Task Day 26th January – Various Activities
George Green has sent me the following about the task day: Happy New Year All This Sunday we will be bramble bashing on the main woodland ride going east to west. As usual we will […]
Winter Task Day 15 December – more coppicing
George Green has sent me the following about the task day: To avoid the Christmas break the next volunteer session at Oakley Wood will be on Sunday 15 December. Fear not … Mince Pies will […]
Winter Task Day 24th November – Coppicing
The planned task is coppicing and possibly some tree felling in the south of the wood. However, given the recent weather ground conditions may result in a change of task or location. We suggest bringing […]
Task Day 27th October – General Maintenance
For this session we will be continuing the work of last month – undertaking woodland ride management, including ride-side bramble bashing, and selective coppicing but with a greater emphasis on removing sycamore saplings and young […]