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
Task Weekend Sunday 30th January
The next Oakley Wood weekend volunteer session is on Sunday 30th January at 10:00 am, led as usual by George Green. Now that the autumn logging activity in the wood is finally complete we will […]
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 […]
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 […]
Latest
The felling operations in the wood finished a few weeks ago although there are still log stacks waiting to be removed at the loading bay next to the Banbury Road. The places where the rides […]
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 […]
Woodland Management Work 2021/22 – the continuing story
Many of you will already have seen the notices in the wood about the thinning operations this autumn, and these have already started. They are a second phase of the work begun last year, and […]
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 […]