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 […]
Restoring our native woodlands for people and wildlife (This article is based on information provided by Karl Curtis of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust) Oakley Wood was clear felled just after the second world war to […]
Warwick District Council who own the wood have asked that anyone coming across a newly fallen tree that is blocking a path or dangerously overhanging it to report it to them. Send them an email […]
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Monday 18th March in Barford Memorial Hall. Chairman Liz Sheehan welcomed everyone and gave a summary of the year’s activities, and […]
In the latest RSPB magazine “Nature’s Home”, Simon Barnes encourages us to go out and listen to the dawn chorus. Unfortunately this means getting up and out very early. So at 04:57 on Easter Sunday, […]
Hedge planting on Sunday 24th February was the last task day of the winter. A lot of whips, mostly hawthorn, were planted alongside the busy Banbury Road, where George Green from WWT had cordoned off […]
We intended to hold the next AGM on Monday 18th March at 19:30 in Barford Village Hall. Following the interest in our own wildlife video last time, we’re hoping to show more wildlife film, possibly […]
Here is the video “Secrets of the Wood” that was shown at the AGM on 7th March 2018. It runs for 18 minutes, and because of upload limitations it’s had to be split into two […]
The Friends of Oakley Wood now have a Facebook group where you can keep up with all the latest news and join in the discussion about the wood. It’s a new venture for us, so […]
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 7 March 2018 as a very small part of our Secrets of the Wood event. We’ll be covering the essential business […]