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Inspired by the wood, Wildlife reports

A Spring walk with my camera

February 26, 2019 Chris Wood 3 Comments

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, […]

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Hedge planting task day

February 26, 2019 Chris Wood Leave a comment

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 […]

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Advance notice of AGM

January 23, 2019 Chris Wood Leave a comment
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We intended to hold the next AGM on Monday 18th March at 19:30 in Barford Village Hall. Following the interest in our own wildlife video last time, we’re hoping to show more wildlife film, possibly […]

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Woodland Walk

November 23, 2018 Chris Wood Leave a comment

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 […]

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Oakley Wood Volunteering – Winter 2018/19

September 26, 2018 Chris Wood Leave a comment

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 […]

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Bird song walk

April 17, 2018 Chris Leave a comment

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 […]

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Secrets of the Wood

March 21, 2018 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Here is the video “Secrets of the Wood” that was shown at the AGM on 7th March 2018. It runs for 18 minutes, and because of upload limitations it’s had to be split into two […]

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New Facebook group

February 6, 2018 Chris Leave a comment

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 […]

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Notice of AGM

February 6, 2018 Chris Leave a comment

The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 7 March 2018 as a very small part of our Secrets of the Wood event. We’ll be covering the essential business […]

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Trailcam update 7

August 14, 2017 Chris Wood Leave a comment

In this update the camera was not far the Crematorium, staking out a tree that looked like it was getting some attention from deer. This turned out to be true, and there was lots of […]

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