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Friday 28th March 2025 Seventeen volunteers joined our activities today, all planned to avoid disruption to birds seeking nesting sites....

Spring Flowers Sunday 27th April 2025, 10am Join Laurie and other enthusiasts for a guided walk through Oxleas Woods. ​ The spring...

22nd March 2025 Our Saturday Litter-Picking Session coincided perfectly with the Great British Spring Clean. What a wonderful day it was...

Today, 20th March 2025, is World Frog Day And look what we found in our large pond today - a reason to celebrate. Following the...

Spring Birds Saturday 19th April 2025, 9am Whether you're a seasoned bird watcher or just starting out, this walk is perfect for...

18th March 2025 Another beautiful day for our Shepherdleas Wood session. It’s bird-nesting season so activities are now concentrating on...

25th March 2025 Our Annual General Meeting takes place on Tuesday 25th March at Shrewsbury House Community Centre. Join us from 7:30pm...

15th March 2025 With the installation of our interpretation board the replanting of Jackwood House Garden as a wildlife friendly garden...

14th March 2025 Bird nesting season has now begun (March-July inclusive) which means our activities have moved from the centre of the...

Houses in the Woods Saturday 13th April 2025, 2pm Tom will lead us on an exploration of the locations of six of the great houses that...

8th March 2025 Joint Ponding Digging Event with Froglife What a fabulous turn-out we had for our Joint Pond-Digging Event with members of...

7th March 2025 Our annual pruning day for the Castle Wood roses. Nine volunteers gave their time, and completed the entire garden with...

A Botanist's View of Oxleas Woodlands Sunday 6th April, 10am Come and join our very popular botanist Richard for a gentle meander around...

28th February 2025 Spring is coming! The sun shone upon our 16 volunteers as we carried out another 45 hours of sustained work restoring...

22nd February 2025 A beautiful morning and a wonderful turn-out too - 19 people, clocking up 38 hours clearing the woodland edges of...

Wickham Valley Walk 22nd February 2025 Last Saturday one of our volunteer walk leaders, Katie, co-led a walk with Toby from environmental...

18th February 2025 Shepherdleas' Bluebell Slope What a beautiful sunny day for today’s session. A fantastic sixteen volunteers - our...

16th February 2025 Jackwood House Garden The sun shone for our 9 volunteers working at Jackwood Terrace today. Our main task was cutting...

14th February 2025 Jack Wood Another excellent turn-out of 20 volunteers for Friday’s session, clocking up another 58 hours clearing...

8th February 2025 Oxleas Woods 16 of our dedicated volunteers improved the water flow from the source of the Wickham Valley Watercourse....