The Dry Summer
Despite our drought, nature appears to be surviving in the wood. And it is dry! At the beginning to the year, the main pond was as full as I’ve seen it in recent years… Feb […]
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Summer nature update
Summer is in full swing! Here are some images from the wood over the last few weeks. The trail camera has captured footage of deer young, roe and muntjac. Are we allowed to use the “cute” […]
Woodland Walk
We have arranged a woodland walk for Saturday 13th June at 10.00 to be led by Nick Martin, Reserves Officer of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Nick will be familiar to many of you as he […]
How to share a location in Oakley Wood
To show a location most people would probably turn to Google Maps to “drop a pin”. However, Google Maps is about the human world and has little or no detail for places of nature like […]
2026 AGM Report
The 2026 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Monday 27th April in Barford Memorial Hall. Our chairman Liz Sheehan welcomed everyone and gave a summary of the past year’s […]
Announcement of AGM 2026
The next Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 27 April 2026 at the Barford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm. After the formal business of the meeting there will […]
Advanced notice of AGM 2026
This is an advance notice of the next AGM, which will take place on 27 April 2026 at 19:00 in Barford Memorial Hall. This is a date for your diary. More details to come closer […]
Dogs v Nature 2026
In the six years since we last posted about dog walking in Oakley Wood, there have been many changes. Those to the fabric of the wood are most obvious – the improved path around the […]
Birds in 2025
Last April I posted about AI bird recognition and the bird recorders we now have in the wood (here). By year-end they have captured roughly 600 hours of bird song, and AI analysis of these […]
Winter task day Sunday 14th December
Another belated reminder (sorry!) of an upcoming task day, this time on Sunday 14th December. George Green will be leading this as usual. The activity is planned to be screening of the ride-side ditches. Please […]