Secrets of the wood
A treasure trove of Oakley Wood trail cam footage! We’ll be screening some of the best from our trail cam.
Task Day 27th October – General Maintenance
For this session we will be continuing the work of last month – undertaking woodland ride management, including ride-side bramble bashing, and selective coppicing but with a greater emphasis on removing sycamore saplings and young […]
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 […]
Elephant Hawk Moth
I came across a dead elephant hawk moth on one of the rides yesterday. Quite spectacular. They are apparently relatively common, but nocturnal, which maybe why I’ve never seen one before. They feed on […]
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, […]
A Spring walk with my camera
It’s a beautiful morning and I’ve come to the wood to collect the memory card from the trail camera. I park at the south-east corner of the wood. As I enter, barely twelve steps in, […]
Hedge planting task day
Hedge planting on Sunday 24th February was the last task day of the winter. A lot of whips, mostly hawthorn, were planted alongside the busy Banbury Road, where George Green from WWT had cordoned off […]