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Welcome to the Waresley and Gransden
Woods website
This website is dedicated to providing
information on all topics relating to the Waresley and Gransden Woods reserves of
The Wildlife
Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
For directions to the reserve follow this link.
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A little bit of layering
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07/10/2018 - I'm taking the opportunity of a bit of space in
the coppice section to layer two hazel poles in the hope of growing
two new hazel stools. The cutting and bending of these poles,
as shown above, looks a bit brutal but providing there is some bark
and wood left intact the pole will continue to live. Burying
it should encourage new roots to form and then viola, a new tree.
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30/09/2018 - after missing a Sunday session due to rain we were
pleased to be able to get back to coppicing, in spite of the
unexpected road closure to the reserve.
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30/09/2018 - the coppice section is
really beginning to open up now. It's surprising how much
shade is cast by just a couple of (admittedly large) hazel stools.
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Conservation
work party dates are:
21st Oct
4th & 18th Nov
2nd, 16th & 30 Dec
13th & 27th Jan 2019
10th & 24th Feb
10th & 24th Mar
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Last Update
07/10/2018
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Work continues on the Meer's ride
coppice section Quite a large scallop of cleared hazel is now
emerging. Click here
to see what we have achieved so far.
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Want
to see what the reserves looked like in December 1945? Well
you can now using Google Earth. Click here
for more details.
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To learn more about the
history of Waresley parish and the amenities it has to offer, click
on this link
to visit the village's website.
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| A pic from our
recent holiday in East Devon, a couple more fossils found on
Charmouth beach.
If you have any
questions about the woods, require further information on
work parties or wish to comment upon this website, you can contact me, Graham Moorby, Volunteer Warden at:
graham@waresleywood.co.uk
@grahammoorby
#waresleywood
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