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General, Inspired by the wood

The Ephemeral Seat

October 2, 2022 Chris Wood 1 Comment

I made a seat for the wood from brash that was lying about, mostly just to see if I could. No screws or nails, just jointed wood. It seemed OK and surprisingly strong, so I […]

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Winter work parties 2022/2023

September 15, 2022 Chris Wood Leave a comment
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It’s that time of the year again – when George Green of WWT leads weekend 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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2022 AGM Report

August 21, 2022 Chris Wood Leave a comment

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Tuesday 26th April in Barford Memorial Hall. Like events all over the country, our 2021 AGM was a casualty of COVID. […]

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WWT event in Oakley Wood 18th August

August 10, 2022 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Kat Reay of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) is in charge of organising events in their nature reserves under its “Leamington Green Connections” initiative, and of course, this includes Oakley Wood. Kat has sent details […]

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General, News

Path improvements!

June 23, 2022 Chris Wood 6 Comments

One of the subjects that users of the wood have complained about for many years is the state of the paths in wet weather, especially in the winter.  Some become virtually impassable. The Friends of […]

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Trail cam, Wildlife reports

Trailcam Video 10 Spring 2022

June 6, 2022 Chris Wood 2 Comments

As promised, finally, some more video from the trail camera. The camera has been parked at the pond for some time as it’s probably the most reliable place to capture the wood’s wildlife, so all […]

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Wildlife reports

Spring recovery

May 31, 2022 Chris Wood 1 Comment

I visited the wood this morning to retrieve the trailcam card (I promise – again – to post some soon). As usual I took my camera with me which normally makes sure that I’ll see […]

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News

Storm damage

February 23, 2022 Chris Wood

The recent storms Eunice and  Franklin have left their mark on the wood. Apart from the unexpected gift from Wiggerland Wood – a tree that fell across the Moreton Morrell road and most of which […]

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Task Weekend Sunday 27th February

February 18, 2022 Chris Wood Leave a comment
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The last task weekend of the winter will be held in Oakley Wood on Sunday 27th February lead as usual by WWT reserves officer George Green. The plan will be something of a spring tidy […]

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2021 Survey of the Oakley Wood earthworks

February 17, 2022 Chris Wood Leave a comment

Last year I started to take more of an interest in the history of Oakley Wood Camp, in particular the conflicting views over its origin and purpose. I thought that perhaps metal detecting might be […]

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