Yesterday I heard a tawny owl again hooting in the afternoon, in roughly the same place as previously. There was a brief distant answering hoot. I’d just bumped into Chris Hastie (FOOW member) who was […]
Find out about plans to reinstate the damaged paths after the recent work in the wood
Yesterday while on what I would call the middle ride (map: E6 (NGR: SP306593)) a sparrowhawk flew overhead going south, just above the tree canopy.
These photos of Oakley Wood were taken by FoOW member Chris Wood.
On 4 March we held our 6th Annual General Meeting. It was another successful evening with over 35 people present. Peter Byrd, retiring Chairman, talked about all that had happened during the year and how […]
This picture by Ed Phillips is titled “Woodland Dreams”
One of Wendy’s favourite poems, “The Way Through the Woods” by Rudyard Kipling, is superimposed on a photograph she took in Oakley Wood
This wonderful poem by performance poet Hollie McNish captures the value of getting out in the woods beautifully.
These photographs were taken by Friends of Oakley Wood member Chris Wood during a day of butterfly recording in July 2013.
In view of the Big Butterfly Count going on at the moment, I thought I’d pick a spot in Oakley Wood and have a go, particularly since yesterday I identified what seemed to be a […]