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Winter Work Parties 2024/2025

September 8, 2024 Chris Wood

It’s that time of the year again – when George Green of WWT leads Sunday work parties in Oakley Wood, allowing volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks. It’s a great way to feel […]

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BioBlitz – the results

June 13, 2024 Chris Wood 3 Comments

We held our BioBlitz on 2nd June, and were very lucky with the weather, a beautiful sunny day among a run of indifferent ones which helped make an all-round great day. We had between 50-100 […]

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BioBlitz reminder!

May 30, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Don’t forget the BioBlitz this Sunday, 2nd June. It’s running from 10:00 ’til 16:00, and there will be signs in the wood to direct you to the base camp. There is more information in the […]

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The big guys are back!

May 19, 2024 Chris Wood 1 Comment

Fallow deer are again in Oakley Wood and captured by our camera. I’ve put together a video to show the dramatic difference in size between muntjac, roe and fallow deer, all captured from the same […]

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We’re having a BioBlitz!

May 16, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

We have organised a BioBlitz in Oakley Wood for 2nd June. What is a BioBlitz? It’s  a concentrated effort to discover as many species as possible in a set amount of time. We’ll be looking […]

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General, Wildlife reports

Merlin – the “wizard” bird app

April 5, 2024 Chris Wood 1 Comment

I’ve been making more use of a bird  recognition app and been rather impressed by it. It’s called Merlin and produced by Cornell Labs in the USA. It has three of ways of helping to […]

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Inspired by the wood

Photos for your desktop

March 27, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

At the recent AGM, someone admired (thank you) the photo of Oakley Wood that I was using as the background on my laptop, and I promised I would make it available. It and another I […]

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WWT activity in Oakley Wood, March summary

March 19, 2024 Chris Wood Leave a comment

You may (should!) be aware that WWT volunteer parties led by George Green take place on a few Sundays during the winter, and I post notification of these (when I remember). But volunteers can be […]

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Announcement of 2024 AGM

March 4, 2024 Chris Wood

The next Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 18 March 2024 at the Barford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm. After the formal business of the meeting there will […]

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Oakley Wood Bioblitz 2024

February 28, 2024 Chris Wood

We are intending to hold a Bioblitz in Oakley Wood this summer. One was held in 2014, and we feel it would be a good time to find out what effect 10 years of forest […]

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