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Work in the brook Sunday 17 November

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to carry out a range of tasks, including work in the brook to let more light onto the stream and modify the channel to benefit wildlife. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots. Coffee break late morning, coffee provided! Finish lunchtime.

Vounteer workparty Sunday 20 October

Our October work party will be this Sunday (20th) at 10am. We will meet in the scout hut car park off Southern Road. Our main tasks will include cutting back trees and bushes which are shading the brook, creating new habitats in the brook if the level is not too deep, and managing the bramble ‘hedge’ in Rycote Meadow. Please bring wellies, waders and tough gloves if you have them, but if not we have some on site.

Sunday 15 September

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to carry out a range of tasks, including continuing the clearance of vegetation in the brook to let more light onto the stream to benefit wildlife. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots. Coffee break late morning, coffee provided!

Sunday 18 August

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to carry out a range of tasks, including clearing vegetation in the brook and along paths. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots. Coffee break late morning, coffee provided!

Sunday 16 June

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to carry out a range of tasks. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots. Coffee break late morning, coffee provided!

Sunday 19 May 2024

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to weed the young hedging in Rycote Meadow so wear long sleeves and bring work gloves. The ground is likely to be wet so boots may be needed. Plus other jobs depending on numbers!

Sunday 21 April

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park in Southern Road to carry out a range of tasks, which we hope will include some small scale fencing. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots for wet and muddy ground.

Sunday 17 March

We will be tree planting in the clearing in Cox’s Wood on Sunday morning. We will meet at 10.00am as usual in the Scout Hut car park. There may also be some additional work to clear up arisings as contractors will be clearing the ditch on the edge of Cox’s Wood for the Town Council this week. The ground is still very muddy so wear boots and bring work gloves.

Sunday 18th February 2024

We will meet at 10.00am in the Scout Hut car park to carry out a range of tasks, which we hope will include some hazel hedge laying. Please bring work-gloves and suitable boots for wet and muddy ground.

EXTRA EVENT – COPPICING Thursday 25th January

We will be helping Thame Town Council with some hazel coppicing in Ham Wood, which was planted by the Woodland Trust. We will meet at 10am at the entrance to the wood which is in Moorend Lane, just a little way along from the sewage works! Bowsaws and loppers provided. We plan to make dead hedges with cut material to help protect new growth.