2012 Programme

January 8th Bray Pit
This is the BBOWT reserve whose volunteer warden is Martin. We will probablly be cutting down trees on the Bray Lake side of the pit to increase the area of meadow on the reserve.

Drive down Monkey Island Land off the A308, fork left and park just beyond the windsurfing centre.

Grid Ref: SU909786

January 22nd Garth Meadows, Bracknell
Hedge laying. Garth Meadows is at the junction of Harvest Ride and Binfield Road. Park in Larks Hill car park and walk down

Grid Ref: 860 705

February 5th Braywick – CANCELLED
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout.

Grid Ref: SU895796

February 19th Bray Pit
This is the BBOWT reserve whose volunteer warden is Martin.

Drive down Monkey Island Land off the A308, fork left and park just beyond the windsurfing centre.

Grid Ref: SU909786

Marth 4th Farley Copse – CANCELLED
Holly clearance at Farley Copse (limited parking in Tippits Mead)

Grid Ref: SU850695

March 18th Stoke Common
Task to be confirmed.Park at the Pickeridge Farm entrance

Grid Ref: SU 987 856

April 1st Pinkneys Green
Possibly coppicing and certainly cutting something down.

Meet at the Pinkneys Green Rangers shed at the junction of Pinkneys Drive and Pinkneys Road

Grid Ref: SU862822

April 15th ?
TBC

Grid Ref:

April 29th Cliveden
Clearing vegetation along the Green drive.

Meeting in the main car park, not the orchard. At the gate, say you are doing volunteer work with WMCV and you shouldn’t be charged.

Grid Ref: 914 850

May 13th No task
No task
May 27th Osman’s Close Woodland, Bracknell
Footpath work in Osman’s Close Woodland for Bracknell Forest Council

Grid Ref: SU897703

June 10th Wargrave Chalk Pit
This is a new site for WMCV where we will be helping in the completion of some steps

Directions: Heading west down A4, turn right onto Mumbery Hill/B477 after Wyevale garden centre, turn left into Braybrooke Road. The chalk pit is at the end of Braybrooke Road next to the cemetery.

Grid Ref: SU 788 783, post code RG10 8DT

June 24th Braywick Nature Centre
We will be hemlock bashing, a continuation of last years work with Jason to remove this invasive species.

Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout.

Grid Ref: SU895796

July 22nd Cliveden
Ragwort pulling in one of the fields at Cliveden National Trust estate

We are meeting in the Woodland car park. That is the public car park on Cliveden Road marked by a brown signpost.

You don’t have to pay to park. If they ask, say that you are with Windsor & Maidenhead Conservation Volunteers working for Tim Crauford.

Grid Ref: SU 909 832, post code SL6 0HJ

August 5th South Hill Park
Laurel Clearance

Grid Ref: SU870668, post code RG12 7PA

August 19th Cliveden – CANCELLED
Thinning

Meeting in the Woodland car park. That is the public car park on Cliveden Road marked by a brown signpost.

You don’t have to pay to park. If they ask, say that you are with Windsor & Maidenhead Conservation Volunteers.

Map, OS grid SU909832, post code SL6 0HJ

September 2nd Cliveden
We will be cutting some small ash and maybe coppicing some hazel and gathering material for a giant den

Meet in the main car park

Map, OS grid SU914850, post code SL6 0HP

September 16th NO TASK
There won’t be a task this week
September 30th Quarry Wood Road
Footpath work

We will be meeting at the Winter Hill car park

Map, Street view, OS SU870860, post code SL6 9TS

October 14th Bray Pit
We are going to be cutting back the smaller willow trees growing around the lake at Bray Pit http://www.bbowt.org.uk/reserves/Bray-Pit. This is the BBOWT (Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust) reserve for which Martin is volunteer warden. The BBOWT trainees will probably come back later in the year to put their chainsaw training into practice on some of the large willows.

They may not be needed, but I suggest you bring wellies if you own them..

Drive down Monkey Island Land off the A308, fork left and park just beyond the windsurfing centre

Map, OS SU909786

October 28th South Hill Park
Bamboo scrub removal

Map, Street view, OS SU869669, post code RG12 7PA

November 11th Braywick
Pond work

Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout.

Map, OS SU895796, post code SL6 1UU

November 25th Wildmoor Heath, near Crowthorne
Scrub clearance

Map, OS SU838630, post code RG45 7PW

December 9th Jubilee Wood, Ockwells Park, Maidenhead
Planting trees

The Woodland Trust’s target is to plant 6 million trees to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/jubilee-woods/Pages/home.aspx#.UL8tFrT7VD0. RBWM has decided to create a Jubilee Wood of 1000 trees in Ockwells Park
http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/parks_ockwells.htm. By the end of last weekend tree wardens and other groups had planted about half of the trees, so we are going to help finish the job on Sunday.

Be warned – it’s very, very muddy – Ockwells Park has heavy clay soil. Bring plenty of clean gear for you journey home.

Map, OS SU880790, post code SL6 3AA

December 23rd Larks Hill
Laying wood chip

Larks Hill is a 16.5 acre public open space situated off Harvest Ride in Warfield. There is a car park

Map, Street view, OS SU871708, post code RG42 2QD