BUSY MONTH FOR SHARPHILL WOOD
By Jo Miller The group held an evening walk around the wood on 22nd May and this was enjoyed by all. The May work party went well. The jobs were to spread woodchip on to the paths and repair the large gate at the Wheatcroft entrance. We also completed maintenance of whips that were planted [...]
BUSY TIMES FOR SHARPHILL WOOD VOLUNTEERS
By Jo Miller Firstly, a big thank you to a small group from the 3rd West Bridgford Scout Group who turned out during half-term. They braved the cold conditions for the 24th February work party to help plant 200 whips and saplings, donated by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV). A good day was had by all [...]
NEWS FROM SHARPHILL WOOD
By Jo Miller It’s the beginning of a busy year at Sharphill Wood. The wet weather at the end of 2012 has meant that some of work we had planned for November and December had to be postponed and added to the work schedule for the beginning of this year. Some of the items that [...]
SHARPHILL WOOD AT THE END OF 2012
By Jo Miller Back in November, the group continued to thin out some of the sycamores saplings and finish the work that was not able to be completed in October’s work party. The workload at this time of year is general maintenance of paths, hedges, sapling removal also the cutting back of the whips to [...]
UPDATE FROM SHARPHILL WOOD
By Jo Miller Looking back at July, the weather has been tough all over the UK. Sharphill has fared not too bad during this time. The paths have suffered as the wood chip has been washed away. The trees, undergrowth and path edging have gone overboard. We have had a few branches brought down which [...]
LATEST NEWS FROM SHARPHILL WOOD
By Jo Miller January’s work party saw the last of the whips planted. Thank you to all that took part in the planting of the whips. It was also the fourth anniversary, to the day, of the first friends meeting to set up the group. We are now looking forward to the next four years. [...]
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT SHARPHILL WOOD?
By Jo Miller The extra work party on 8th January was rearranged to 12th January due to poor weather conditions. We still had six volunteers turn out, even though it was at short notice and approximately 250 whips were planted. That left about 250 whips left to plant on our normal work party on 22nd [...]
A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE FRIENDS OF SHARPHILL WOOD
By Jo Miller The Friends of Sharphill have had a very busy year and would like to say a big thank you to all that helped, supported and volunteered over the last 12 months. These include Rushcliffe Borough Council, Notts Wildlife Trust, Explorer Scouts and the two lads working towards Duke of Edinburgh Awards, BTCV [...]
FRIENDS OF SHARPHILL WOOD NEED YOU
During November and January, the Friends of Sharphill Wood will be taking part in their normal work parties on the fourth Sunday of each month. They will also be incorporating the planting of young shrubs and whips (saplings) of Blackthorn, Hawthorn and possibly Holly to strengthen the boundary area and understory round the wood. They [...]
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Why not become a volunteer and help support your local nature reserve in your spare time? The Friends of Sharphill Wood are a non-profit making voluntary group, who work with Rushcliffe Borough Council and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, to maintain, support and strengthen the flora and fauna within the local nature reserve at Sharphill Wood, West [...]