Walking routes
There are two official walking routes in the wood, red and blue, marked by suitably coloured arrows at various points. Both start from the small car park at the entrance to the crematorium. The blue … Continue reading Walking routes
Dawn Chorus 2021 and more
I wasn’t going to bother with a dawn chorus this year, but I was in the wood just a few days ago and was surprised how much bird song there was. Normally at this time […]
Broadleaf Tree Planting
Warwick District Council has provided this press release regarding tree planting in Oakley Wood following the recent maintenance work: 26 February 2021 Broadleaf Tree Planting commences at Oakley Wood A winter restoration programme at Oakley […]
Transforming Oakley Wood – a personal view
While we have provided a lot of information about the current work in the wood and why it is being done, there are still those who are unconvinced, or are at least unhappy about it. […]
Maintenance work in Oakley Wood – an update
Nick Feledziak, who is managing the current operations in Oakley Wood for Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, presented the following report to Warwick District Council just recently, and WWT and WDC are happy for me to reproduce […]
Maintenance work in Oakley Wood
George Green from WWT has informed me that the much delayed thinning operations planned for this autumn are at last due to start in the next couple of weeks. Please take care in the wood […]
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 […]
Deer in Oakley Wood
I first became interested in the deer in Oakley Wood one day in 2013 when I was lucky enough to come across a roe deer during the day that I managed not to spook during […]
Trailcam – R.I.P.
Yesterday I went to the wood to change the memory card in the trail camera – and found it gone. I’ve always admitted that whatever security precautions I took, they would be unlikely to defeat […]
Woodland Management Work – 2020/2021
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has confirmed that the thinning operations that were deferred from last year because of the wet weather are now due to start in October. The work to be carried out is as […]
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 […]