| January 14th | Bisham Woods |
| We are going to continue removing tree guards at Bisham Woods, owned by the Woodland Trust. Please bring a Stanley knife or similar if you have one. Drive up the A308 out of Maidenhead towards Bisham. On the |
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| January 28th | Burnham Beeches |
| The first coppicing task of the year.
Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 |
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| February 11th | Task for Bracknell Borough Council to be arranged. |
| February 25th | Braywick Park, Maidenhead |
| We’ll be clearing a footpath work at our local nature centre. Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick roundabout. Grid Ref: 895 796 |
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| March 11th | Longhill Park, Bracknell |
| At the top end of Longhill Park there is a pond hidden by brambles. We are going to clear some access points. The rest of the task will be decided once we can see the pond. Longhill Park is off Longhill Road. Grid Ref: 892 694 |
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| March 25th | Lavells Lake, near Hurst |
| We will be coppicing at Lavells Lake.
Grid Ref: 784 |
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| April 8th | Cliveden, Taplow |
| To be arranged. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850 |
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| April 22nd | Longhill Park, Bracknell |
| Back to Longhill Park for more work on the pond. Longhill Park is off Longhill Road. Grid Ref: 892 694 |
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| May 6 | Cliveden |
| we’re going to be doing path and step maintenance at Cliveden, Taplow. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850 |
| May 6th | Cliveden, Taplow |
| we’re going to be doing path and step maintenance at Cliveden, Taplow. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850 |
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| June 3rd | Bracknell Forest |
| Westmorland Park – Location Westmorland Drive, Bracknell. The work will include some or all of the following Site tidy Grid Ref 886 |
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| June 17th | Bisham Woods |
| We shall be removing tree guards in Bisham Woods which is owned by the Woodland Trust. Please bring a Stanley knife or similar if you have one. Park along the track on the corner off Marlow Road. Grid Ref: 852 842 |
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| July 1st | Bracknell Forest – Bill Hill |
| We’ll be thinning holly at Bill Hill, Bracknell. Bill Hill is about a quarter of a mile south of Bracknell rail Grid Ref: 868 |
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| July 15th | Windsor Great Park |
| Removal of encroaching, competing laurel from a rare population of spurge laurel. The site is within Windsor Forest in an area with restricted public access. Ted Green of the Ancient Tree Forum has identified this population of spurge laurel as one of the best in East Berkshire. This plant Daphne Laureola (totally unrelated to the alien laurel we are more familiar with) is uncommon nationally and flowers early in the year. It is an indicator of ancient woodland, particularly on alkaline soils. This task gives us an opportunity to see a part of Windsor Meet just off the B3022 (Winkfield Road) near the lodge house. The site task is over half a mile away and |
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| July 29th | WOMAD – No task this weekend |
| August 12th | Cliveden, Taplow |
| Laurel/Rhodie Clearance. A task at the Cliveden National Trust estate. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 |
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| August 26th | Windsor Great Park – Great Meadow Pond |
| We are goint to be cutting and/or pulling small sallow and birch in the shallow margin of this large pond. The pond has a large reedbed of wildlife value. The area where we have our task was dredged to remove surface sediment in order to permit further expansion of the reedbed. It has already been colonised in part by sallows and birch, especially at it’s margin. Our aim is to reduce this rate of colonisation. Enter park by Blacknest Gate (explain the purpose of The grid ref for Blacknest Gate is 958 The grid ref for Great Meadow Pond is 966 |
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| September 9th | Englemere Pond |
| We will be bridge building and clearing scrub. near to the pond. Grid Ref: 902 |
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| September 23rd | Lavells Lake, near Hurst |
| We will be coppicing by Lavells Lake. Grid Ref: 784 728 |
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| October 7th | Burnham Beeches |
| Woodland work at Burnham Beeches.
Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 |
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| October 21st | Braywick |
| Our annual task to clear the pond at Braywick Nature Centre. Braywick Nature Centre is off Hibbert Road near the Braywick |
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| November 4th | High Wood, Woodley |
| Scrub Bashing at High Wood. Highwood is off Kingfisher Drive in Woodley. Grid Ref: 756 725 |
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| November 18th | Windsor Great Park – Following the re-opening of Windsor Great Park to the public, Sunday’s task will definitely be going ahead. |
| Removal of encroaching, competing laurel from a rare population of spurge laurel. The site is within Windsor Forest in an area with restricted public access. Ted Green of the Ancient Tree Forum has identified this population of spurge laurel as one of the best in East Berkshire. This plant Daphne Laureola (totally unrelated to the alien laurel we are more familiar with) is uncommon nationally and flowers early in the year. It is an indicator of ancient woodland, particularly on alkaline soils. This task gives us an opportunity to see a part of Windsor Great Park not easy to access and to help the survival of an unusual plant. Meet just off the B3022 (Winkfield Road) near the lodge house. The site task is over half a mile away and |
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| December 2nd | Burnham Beeches |
| Woodland work at Burnham Beeches.
Meet at Victory Cross. Grid Ref: 955 |
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| December 16th | Cliveden |
| A task at the Cliveden National Trust estate – details to be arranged.. Meet in the main car park. Grid Ref: 914 850 |