| 14th January | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood, Maidenhead |
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| We will be coppicing hazel trees in the Nuttery where we restarted the coppice cycle last year. The Nuttery is the wood here What3Words lived.faster.edit, next to the orchard and diagonally across the field and visible from the car park.
Ockwells Park and Thriftwood is on Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant |
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| 28th January | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood, Maidenhead |
| We will be continuing to thin trees in the area where we worked in December. These trees were closely planted about 20 years ago and now need space to develop.
Ockwells Park and Thriftwood is on Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant |
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| 11th February | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood, Maidenhead |
| We will be coppicing and thinning more trees in the area where we worked two weeks ago.
Ockwells Park and Thriftwood is on Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant |
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| 25th February | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood |
| We are returning to Ockwells Park and Thriftwood to do further coppicing and clearing. This time we will be working in Little Thriftwood, the area of ancient woodland (not where we were last time). Our aim is to allow a larger area to receive more sunshine in order to encourage new growth from the coppice stools and more woodland ground flora. Ranger Tom has already coppiced the larger stems which were too big to handle with hand tools.
Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant |
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| 10th March | Bray Pit |
| We will be doing various tasks to improve the meadow including cutting back bramble which is beginning to invade the precious grassland and planting collected plants from this and other local sites into a prepared area of ground which has been cleared of massive bramble.
Bray Pit is sandwiched between Bray Sailing Lake and the M4 here What3Words: complains.snow.plant. Suggest that you park at Thames Hospice and then walk down the A308 towards Maidenhead to the footpath opposite Bray Cemetery. Then walk down the footpath to Bray Pit. |
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| 24th March | Bray Pit |
| We will be doing various tasks possibly including cutting back bramble, planting wildflowers and creating a dead hedge.
Bray Pit is sandwiched between Bray Sailing Lake and the M4 here What3Words: complains.snow.plant. Suggest that you park at Thames Hospice postcode SL6 2DN and then walk beside the A308 towards Maidenhead to the footpath opposite Bray Cemetery. Then walk down the footpath to Bray Pit. |
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| 7th April | BBOWT Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch.
Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the second entrance marked “No Entry” and park outside the workshop. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 21st April | Making a view at Battlemead |
| We will be cutting “windows” in the hedge next to the Thames that we helped to plant a few years ago. This is to give walkers along the Thames Path a view of any wildlife that comes to Battlemead.
Park at Sheephouse Road Map postcode SL6 8HY What3Words fine.couches.tower and carefully cross the Lower Cookham Road opposite the main entrance to Battlemead. The Causeway is open so you will be able to walk directly east across the middle of the field from the entrance on the Lower Cookham Road to the river. We will be working here What3Words using.chief.wash. |
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| 5th May | Ockwells Park and Thriftwood |
| We will be removing tree guards from the hedge between Ockwells Manor and Ockwells Park and Thriftwood.
Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: economies.slim.plant |
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| 19th May | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
| We will be removing tree guards from the trees in New Thrift Wood that we helped to plant about four years ago. New Thrift Wood is the fenced area between Little Thrift Wood and Thrift Lane.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps We will be working here: Map, OS: SU 87539 78242, What3Words: rungs.soda.acting |
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| 2nd June | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
| We will be removing more of the tree guards from the trees in New Thrift Wood that we helped to plant about four years ago. New Thrift Wood is the fenced area between Little Thrift Wood and Thrift Lane.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps We will be working here: Map, OS: SU 87539 78242, What3Words: rungs.soda.acting |
| 16th June | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
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| We will be clearing bracken in Little Thrift Wood.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps We will be working here: Map, OS: SU 87765 78220, What3Words: cling.region.policy |
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| 30th June | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
| We will be clearing bracken and bramble in Little Thrift Wood to give other wildflowers a chance to grow.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps We will be working here: Map, OS: SU 87765 78220, What3Words: cling.region.policy |
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| 14th July | No task today |
| 28th July | No task today |
| 11th August | Braywick Park, Maidenhead |
| We will be clearing Goat’s Rue from the raised meadow area of Braywick Park. Originally from the Middle East, Goat’s rue forms dense thickets that can out-compete native flora, as such is a threat to biodiversity. Each plant can produce over 15,000 seeds so we are cutting the plants back before the pods pop.
We are working here What3Words obey.ample.impose Meet in the Braywick Nature Centre car park off Hibbert Road Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU. |
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| 25th August | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
| We will be pulling ragwort at Ockwells Park.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps |
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| 8th September | Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood, Maidenhead |
| We will be improving the dead hedge beside the path in Little Thrift Wood to stop the bluebells being trampled.
Ockwells Park and Thrift Wood is off Ockwells Road, Cox Green, Maidenhead. Meet in the car park here: Map, OS: SU 87845 78777, Postcode: SL6 3AA, What3Words: slip.sobs.jeeps We will be working here: Map, OS: SU 87765 78220, What3Words: cling.region.policy |
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| 22nd September | Bisham Woods |
| Bisham Woods is a Woodlands Trust site, their only one in Berkshire. The Woodland Trust are going to mow the area of chalk grassland. Today will be raking off the mowings.
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 |
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| 6th October | BBOWT Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch.
Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the third entrance and park in the visitor car park. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 20th October | Bray Pit raking |
| Bray Pit used to be managed by BBOWT, but a few years ago they decided not to renew the lease with Summerleaze. Since then local volunteers have continued the management regime including giving it an annual haircut. The wildflower meadow will be mown during the week and then on Sunday WMCV joined by members of Wild Maidenhead will rake off the mowings. This is to reduce the nutrients in the soil and encourage the masses of wild flowers which grow in the summer.
Bray Pit is sandwiched between Bray Sailing Lake and the M4 Here, What3Words: complains.snow.plant. Park in the public car park at Bray Lake which is reached via Monkey Island Lane. The postcode for Bray Lake Watersports is SL6 2EB, but beware of using this with a satnav as some direct you through Bray Village and this route is not accessible for cars. Map, OS SU909786 There is also a footpath from the A308 to the reserve opposite Bray Cemetery Here. |
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| 3rd November | BBOWT Woolley Firs, Littlewick Green |
| We will be joining the Friends of Woolley Firs on their monthly work task. This will only be a morning task so no need to bring lunch.
Woolley Firs is in Cherry Garden Lane, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3LJ (the turning off the A4 just before the Shire Horse pub heading west). Go in the third entrance and park in the visitor car park. Map, OS SU 85137 79934 |
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| 17th November | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead |
| This is our annual visit to cut and rake up vegetation from around the pond and possibly to clear excess vegetation from the pond. The pond at Braywick Nature Centre is much used by school parties for pond dipping.
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU |