| January 5th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| A chance to work off that Christmas excess with some festive holly clearing.
Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| January 19th | Lavell’s Lake, Near Hurst | |
| Today we will be planting trees at Lavell’s lake.
Meet in the car park on Sandford Lane, Hurst, opposite the Black Swan Sailing Club. Grid Ref: 784 728 |
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| February 2nd | Cliveden, near Taplow | |
| Further work to restore the orchard at the National Trust Estate.
Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850
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| February 16th | Lavell’s Lake, Near Hurst | |
| Don’t miss today’s task as it is our only hedgelaying task of the winter.
Meet in the car park on Sandford Lane, Hurst, opposite the Black Swan Sailing Club. Grid Ref: 784 728 |
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| March 2nd | Wolf Conservation Trust, Beenham |
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| Planting with Wolves Part II. Today we are planting more trees at the Wolf Conservation Trust. Grid Ref: 589 689 | ||
| March 16th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| Today we will be coppicing hazel at Burnham Beeches.
Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| March 30th | Woodland Trust, Bisham |
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| We are going to the the Woodland Trust woods near Bisham to remove straggling tree guards and metal stakes from the trees. Please bring a Stanley knife if you’ve got one. Grid Ref: 850 841 |
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| April 13th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| We’ll be doing a combination of footpath repair and stream revetment in the Beeches. Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| April 27th | Englemere Pond, near Ascot |
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| A day of Gaultheria removal from footpaths to improve access. Grid Ref: 902 684 |
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| May 11th | Cliveden, near Taplow | |
| We’ll either be continuing the clearance work in the orchard, or maintaining footpaths and steps. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850
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| May 25th | Sandford Lane near Dinton Pastures, Hurst | |
| A long promised fencing task in and around a cow field at Sandford Lane. Grid Ref: 784 728 |
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| June 8th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| Today we are constructing a new boardwalk through the mire (or more correctly over the mire). Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| June 22nd | Ockwells Park, Maidenhead | |
| A day removing spiral tree guards from a hawthorn hedge that was planted a few years ago. Sounds like it would be a good idea to bring something long-sleeved to wear! Grid Ref: 877 790 |
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| July 6th | Haley Green Woods, Warfield | |
| A spot of early season pond maintenance.
Meet at Westmoreland Park Pavillion, off Westmorland |
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| July 20th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| Today we will be doing some more footpath and boardwalk access work. Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| August 3rd | Ockwells Park, Maidenhead | |
| The above task will now be at Ockwells Park rather than Braywick roundabout as the latter has already been deRagworted. We will be completing the task we started on 8 June of removing tree guards from a not so recently planted hawthorn hedge. Grid Ref: 877 790 |
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| August 17th | Longhill Park, Bracknell | |
| A long overdue rhododendron bash. Grid Ref: 892 694 |
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| August 31st | Hurley Chalk Pit | |
| A change to the original program as our contact at Berkshire College of Agriculture has broken his leg in three places. Instead we are going to the BBOWT reserve at Hurley |
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| September 14th | Stoke Common, Farnham Common | |
| We will be clearing scrub at Stoke Common, an SSSI which is one of the few areas of lowland heathland in Buckinghamshire. Grid Ref: 987 856
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| September 28th | Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead | |
| Our annual visit to the Nature Centre to clear the pond.
Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Grid Ref: 895 796 |
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| October 12th | Popes Meadow, near Binfield | |
| **** A change to the programme ****
We will be clearing the pond at Popes Meadow. Grid Ref: 844 698
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| October 26th | Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common | |
| We will be constructing a new semi-circular boardwalk near to Sir Henry Peek’s Drive which will eventually meet the boardwalk across the Mire that we have been constructing during the summer. Grid Ref: 955 850
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| November 9th | The Chestnuts, Warfield | |
| **** Another change to the programme ****
We’re still goiing to be hedgelaying, but now at The Chestnuts in Warfield. The site is near Tescos off Juliet Gardens. Grid Ref: 886 700
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| November 23rd | Englemere Pond, near Ascot |
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| Englemere Pond is a shallow acidic lake which offers a wide range of habitats from open water to marsh, all of which is surrounded by commercial forest and heathland We will be clearing invasive willow from the reed bed. Grid Ref: 902 684 |
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| December 7th | Cliveden, near Taplow | |
| Today we will be planting trees at the National Trust estate. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850
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| December 21st | Heath Lake, near Crowthorne | |
| Rhododendron bashing. Celebrate Christmas with baked spuds round the bonfire. Heath Lake is on the B3430, Nine Mile Ride. From Bracknell, go towards Crowthorne on Nine Mile Ride, pass the Hewlett Packard and Pinewood Centres, straight across next roundabout. Heath Lake car park is on the left, before Ravenswood.Grid Ref: 830 652 |