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Announcement of 2025 AGM

March 6, 2025 Chris Wood Leave a comment

The next Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 31 March 2025 at the Barford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm. After the formal business of the meeting there will […]

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Winter task day Sunday 23rd February

February 17, 2025 Chris Wood

A quick reminder that the next (and last for this winter) weekend work day will be 23 February, with a miscellany of possible tasks on George’s list –  more tree planting, possible tree felling, dead-hedging […]

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2024 – a record year for species

February 2, 2025 Chris Wood Leave a comment

… by which I mean that we made a record of species observed for 2024! Whether it was a record year we have no idea since there are no previous records to compare with. Recording […]

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Winter task day Sunday 26th January

January 14, 2025 Chris Wood Leave a comment

A reminder that the next weekend work day will be 26 January and the planned task is tree planting. Usual rules apply – 10.00 start at the loading bay etc. Please drop George Green an […]

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Winter task day Sunday 24th November

November 19, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

A reminder that the next volunteering day for helping in Oakley Wood is on Sunday 24th November, starting at the usual time of 10.00. The task for the day will be dead-hedging along the woodland […]

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Winter task day Sunday 27th October

October 20, 2024 Chris Wood

A reminder that the next volunteering day for helping in Oakley Wood is on Sunday 27th October, starting at the usual time of 10.00. The task for the day will be coppicing. Please drop George […]

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Northern Lights over Oakley Wood

October 19, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Thanks to one of our members, Jan Wood, for sharing this amazing photograph of the Northern Lights over Oakley Wood. The photo is taken looking NE over the wood. The bright “star” in the bottom […]

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Fungi Galore!

October 8, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

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 […]

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2024 AGM Report

October 8, 2024 Chris Wood

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 […]

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Fungi walk

September 24, 2024 Chris Wood

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 […]

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