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, […]
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Woodland Walk
Karl Curtis from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust led an Autumn walk on Saturday Nov. 10th. It was a fine bright morning, but sadly people must have decided to go to the shops whilst they are still […]
Oakley Wood Volunteering – Winter 2018/19
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk.) are organising Sunday winter work party volunteer sessions for Oakley Wood, beginning this month. Please help if you can! The draft schedule of activities is as follows – Date Planned Activity […]
Bird song walk
On Sunday 15th April Colin Potter, the renowned local ornithologist, led a walk for approximately one and a half hours, to help us identify birds, their behaviour and their songs. The morning was grey but […]
New Facebook group
The Friends of Oakley Wood now have a Facebook group where you can keep up with all the latest news and join in the discussion about the wood. It’s a new venture for us, so […]
Bird listening in Oakley Wood
On Sunday June 18 th the Friends of Oakley Wood and interested parties were treated to a bird listening walk, led by Colin Potter. Colin is a renowned Ornithologist, a charismatic speaker, who through his […]
Autumn walk
Karl Curtis from our Warwickshire Wildlife Trust recently led a guided walk around Oakley Wood, talking about woodland management. Read Liz Sheehan’s report of the event.
Spring walk
Liz Sheehan reports on a well attended Spring Walk led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, which for once coincided with the bluebells being at their peak
2016 AGM and talk
The Friends of Oakley Wood held their eighth Annual General Meeting on 1 March 2016, and the minutes are below. After the short business meeting David Lowe, Principal Ecologist from Warwickshire County Council, talked to […]
Moth walk
Despite the dreadful weather, we had a very successful moth walk with local expert David Brown