Summer nature update
Summer is in full swing! Here are some images from the wood over the last few weeks. The trail camera has captured footage of deer young, roe and muntjac. Are we allowed to use the “cute” […]
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How to share a location in Oakley Wood
To show a location most people would probably turn to Google Maps to “drop a pin”. However, Google Maps is about the human world and has little or no detail for places of nature like […]
2026 AGM Report
The 2026 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood was held on Monday 27th April in Barford Memorial Hall. Our chairman Liz Sheehan welcomed everyone and gave a summary of the past year’s […]
Announcement of AGM 2026
The next Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakley Wood will take place on 27 April 2026 at the Barford Memorial Hall at 7.30 pm. After the formal business of the meeting there will […]
Dogs v Nature 2026
In the six years since we last posted about dog walking in Oakley Wood, there have been many changes. Those to the fabric of the wood are most obvious – the improved path around the […]
2024 AGM Report
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 […]
We’re having a BioBlitz!
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 […]
Oakley Wood BioBlitz 2024
What is it? A BioBlitz is a concerted effort to discover as many species as possible in a set amount of time. We’ll be looking for plants, animals, butterflies, moths, insects, fungi, reptiles – everything! […]
Butterflies and moths
Peacock Red admiral Comma White admiral Silver washed fritillary Brimstone Ringlet Meadow brown Meadow brown Meadow brown Green veined white Small white Small white Gatekeeper Scarlet Tiger moth Scarlet Tiger moth Hummingbird Hawk moth by […]
Where am I?
On this website we make use of OpenStreetMap as it is a freely available and widely used mapping tool – our maps are generated from OSM data. Its maps are available on its website www.openstreetmap.org […]