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Dawn Chorus 2020

May 1, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Last Sunday I took my lock-down exercise in the wood at 5am so I could record some of the dawn chorus. The first recording I made included owls and is in the previous post. The […]

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Tawny Owls

April 28, 2020 Chris Wood 1 Comment

Over the last year the camera has increasingly caught glimpses of an owl at the pond, and the carefully repositioned camera has captured it on its favourite perch. It turns out to be the place […]

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2020 AGM Report

April 7, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Wednesday 11th March in Barford Memorial Hall. Chairman Liz Sheehan welcomed everyone and gave a summary of the year’s activities, and […]

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General, Trail cam, Wildlife reports

The Pond

March 26, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

The pond in the south-west corner of Oakley Wood is a valuable resource for wildlife, and so we should take care to leave it undisturbed.

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AGM 2020

March 10, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

This is to confirm the the AGM on Wednesday 11th is going ahead as announced. There is no sign of any coronavirus infection in this area as yet so to cancel would seem an over-reaction. […]

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Max enjoying Oakley Wood
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Responsible dog walking

March 2, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment
Max enjoying Oakley Wood

We’ve received a complaint of a dog entering one of the properties neighbouring the wood and attacking livestock. Part of the attraction of Oakley Wood is that it’s a safe place for dogs to run […]

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WWT Green Connections spring activities

March 1, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

This winter’s tasks in the wood have now finished,  but don’t get withdrawal symptoms! Kat Reay of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is organising activities for the spring and summer under their Green Connections project, both […]

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Winter Task Day 23rd February

February 17, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

George Green has sent me a note about the last winter management session at Oakley Wood on Sunday 23rd. George says that “we’ll be chopping, slashing and  cutting things down”, so come along and work […]

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Woodland Management 2019/2020 – deferred

February 16, 2020 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Some of you will have noticed that the forestry work announced in a post of last year has not taken place. In view of the very wet autumn of 2019, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust decided to […]

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Advance notice of AGM

February 14, 2020 Chris Wood 2 Comments

We will be holding our next AGM on Wednesday 11th March at 19:30 in Barford Village Hall. The meeting will include a fun wildlife quiz that will test all your senses, created by our very […]

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