AGM 2020
This is to confirm the the AGM on Wednesday 11th is going ahead as announced. There is no sign of any coronavirus infection in this area as yet so to cancel would seem an over-reaction. […]
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Responsible dog walking
We’ve received a complaint of a dog entering one of the properties neighbouring the wood and attacking livestock. Part of the attraction of Oakley Wood is that it’s a safe place for dogs to run […]
WWT Green Connections spring activities
This winter’s tasks in the wood have now finished, but don’t get withdrawal symptoms! Kat Reay of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is organising activities for the spring and summer under their Green Connections project, both […]
Woodland Management 2019/2020 – deferred
Some of you will have noticed that the forestry work announced in a post of last year has not taken place. In view of the very wet autumn of 2019, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust decided to […]
Oakley Wood Management – 2019/20
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 […]
Paths – fallen trees and (no) cycling
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 […]
Winter Task Day 29th September – General Maintenance
The first session of the winter will be some general maintenance. For this session we will be meeting at 10.00 at the small crematorium car park (first left after the crematorium entrance) off the B4087, […]
Oakley Wood Volunteer Task Days – Winter 2019/20
Once again, George Green of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust will be organizing Sunday working parties throughout the winter. This is your chance to help keep the wood in good shape! The following Sundays have been […]
2019 AGM Report
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 […]
Dawn Chorus
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, […]