The Earthworks
Ancient earthworks abound in Oakley Wood, from the central camp or fort, to the wood banks that surround the wood. Read about their history here.
Fungi Galore!
On Sunday 6 October our planned fungi walk took place in Oakley Wood, and by all accounts was a great success. We were fortunate to have as the leaders Dave Champion and Francisco Verenciano, the […]
2024 AGM Report
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Tuesday 14th March in Barford Memorial Hall. Chairman Liz Sheehan welcomed everyone and gave a summary of the year’s activities, which […]
Fungi walk
We are fortunate that the two fungi specialist who took part in our BioBlitz earlier in the year have agreed to lead a walk through Oakley Wood looking for mushrooms and other fungi . This […]
Winter Work Parties 2024/2025
It’s that time of the year again – when George Green of WWT leads Sunday work parties in Oakley Wood, allowing volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks. It’s a great way to feel […]
BioBlitz – the results
We held our BioBlitz on 2nd June, and were very lucky with the weather, a beautiful sunny day among a run of indifferent ones which helped make an all-round great day. We had between 50-100 […]
BioBlitz reminder!
Don’t forget the BioBlitz this Sunday, 2nd June. It’s running from 10:00 ’til 16:00, and there will be signs in the wood to direct you to the base camp. There is more information in the […]
The big guys are back!
Fallow deer are again in Oakley Wood and captured by our camera. I’ve put together a video to show the dramatic difference in size between muntjac, roe and fallow deer, all captured from the same […]
We’re having a BioBlitz!
We have organised a BioBlitz in Oakley Wood for 2nd June. What is a BioBlitz? It’s a concentrated effort to discover as many species as possible in a set amount of time. We’ll be looking […]
Merlin – the “wizard” bird app
I’ve been making more use of a bird recognition app and been rather impressed by it. It’s called Merlin and produced by Cornell University in the USA. It has three of ways of helping to […]
Photos for your desktop
At the recent AGM, someone admired (thank you) the photo of Oakley Wood that I was using as the background on my laptop, and I promised I would make it available. It and another I […]