| 4th January 2015 | Bisham Woods |
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| Clearing round one of the ponds.
Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. It is an ancient woodland and a SSSI Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
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| 18th January | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| Coppicing or Tree/Hedge Planting
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
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| 1st February | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| Coppicing or Tree/Hedge Planting
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
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| 15th February | Bisham Woods |
| Clearing round one of the ponds.
Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. It is an ancient woodland and a SSSI http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/wood/4424/bisham-woods Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
| 1st March | Bray Pit |
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| Scalloping the woodland edge and some scrub control.
This is the BBOWT reserve, beyond the sailing lake, where Martin is the volunteer warden. Drive down Monkey Island Lane off the A308, fork left towards the Bray Lake Watersports. Park just beyond Bray Lake Watersports. Don’t try following satnav to Bray Lake Watersports as it might take you to Bray village. Map, OS SU909786 |
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| 15th March | Jennett’s Park, Bracknell |
| The task at this new country park tasks will include plastic tree guard removal, woodchipping and possibly coppicing. If you own secateurs or a sharp knife please bring them for tree guard removal.
Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
| 29th March | Burnham Beeches |
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| We’ll be working at Burnham Beeches on Sunday scraping ground in the heathland area to encourage heather seeds already in the soil to germinate.
Meet at Victory Cross. Map, OS 955 850, post code SL2 3LB |
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| 12th April | Jennett’s Park, Bracknell |
| The task at this new country park tasks will include plastic tree guard removal and woodchipping. If you own secateurs or a sharp knife please bring them for tree guard removal.
Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
| 26th April | Haymill Valley, Slough |
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| Today we will be boardwalk and/or bridge building on the BBOWT Haymill Valley reserve in Slough.
Meet at the entrance to the reserve next to No.1 Littlebrook Avenue SL2 2NW. Map, OS SU941817, postcode SL2 2NW |
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| 10th May | Bisham Woods |
| Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. It is an ancient woodland and a SSSI. Last year we raked the area of grass chalkland on the opposite side of the Marlow Road to our last visit. Today we are returning there to do a vegetation survey and litter pick.
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/wood/4424/bisham-woods There is a layby by the gate where you may be able to park, otherwise park at the usual place up the track on the bend of Marlow Road Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
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| 24th May | NO TASK |
| There will be no task today as several of us are on holiday. |
| 7th June | Jennett’s Park, Bracknell |
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| Details to be arranged.
Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
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| 21st June | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| Hemlock bashing
We will be clearing hemlock from the Nature Centre before it sets seed. Long sleeves are recommended as hemlock can irritate some people’s skin. Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
| 5th July | Jennett’s Park, Bracknell |
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| Tree guard removal and wood chip mulching.
This is a combined task with BEC and WMCV. Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
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| 19th July | Burnham Beeches |
| We will be doing footpath work at Burnham Beeches.
Meet at Victory Cross. Map, OS 955 850, post code SL2 3LB |
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| 2nd August | No task today. |
| 16th August | No task today. |
| 30th August | Jennett’s Park, Bracknell |
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| Today we will be doing a mixture of ragwort pulling and tree guard removal. We may also install some nest boxes in West Garden Copse.
Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
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| 13th September | Bisham Woods |
| Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. It is an ancient woodland and a SSSI. Part of the site is a chalk grassland which the Woodland Trust mowed and we raked last year. Today will be raking the mown grassland again.
The site is on the left hand side of Marlow Road coming from Maidenhead. There is a layby here where you may be able to park. Map Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
| 27th September | Burnham Beeches |
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| We’ll be working at Burnham Beeches on Sunday clearing excess vegetation from one of the ponds. We may be using the boat to paddle to the middle of the pond.
Meet at Victory Cross. Map, OS 955 850, post code SL2 3LB |
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| 4th October | Bisham Woods – EXTRA TASK |
| This is an extra task. We raked most of the mown grassland at Bisham Woods three weeks ago. There was a bit too much to do in one day so we are having a short extra task today to finish it off.
The site is on the left hand side of Marlow Road coming from Maidenhead. There is a layby here where you may be able to park. Map Map, Street View, OS SU848842, Post Code SL7 1RY |
| 11th October | Garth Pond/Piggy Wood |
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| Stream vegetation clearance. Wellies are recommended.
Meet on Newport Drive next to Quelm Lane/Piggy Wood. Map, OS SU869707, Postcode RG42 2QE |
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| 25th October | Big Wood, Bracknell |
| Coppicing, layering and stag beetle loggery creation.
Meet at Jennett’s Park car park, off Swift fields, Bracknell, RG40 3DG Map, OS SU845676, postcode RG40 3DG |
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| 8th November | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| Our annual visit to clear the pond.
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
| 22nd November | Farley Copse, Bracknell |
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| Coppicing.
The entrance to Farley Copse is located off Tippits Mead Gate. Map, OS SU850695, postcode RG42 1FH. |
| 6th December | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
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| Coppicing
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |
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| 20th December | Farley Copse, Bracknell |
| Coppicing.
The entrance to Farley Copse is located off Tippits Mead Gate. Map, OS SU850695, postcode RG42 1FH. |