Advance notice of AGM
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 […]
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 […]
Secrets of the Wood
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 […]
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 […]
Notice of AGM
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 […]
Trailcam update 7
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 […]
Trailcam update 6
The trailcam has captured quite a bit of video over the summer, and I’ve had to split the clip compilations in two because I don’t have enough memory in my computer for the video editor […]
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 […]