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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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Autumn in the Woods
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18/11/2018 - today I spotted this large fungi, the light was
just right to pick out the delicate structure on its
underside. Work is progressing on the current coppice
section. The main scallop has been cleared and we are making
inroads into the aspen area. The chain saw should soon deal
with these on the next session, before finishing off the smaller
scallop at the other end of the plot.
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11/11/2018 - my visit to the woods today coincided with the
trees at their most autumnal. The sun, golden leaves and blue
skies were well photographed. I particularly like the
framework of dark branches against the sky in the image below. A
week later all the leaves had dropped.
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04/11/2018 - we've reached the part of the coppice plot that
contains quite a large number of young aspen trees. These will
be cut to prevent them over shading the ride. To make the best
use of the trunks we decided to build a couple of eco heaps with
them. Below you can see the result of DOE volunteers Jack and
Tom's efforts.
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Conservation
work party dates are:
2nd, 16th & 30 Dec
13th & 27th Jan 2019
10th & 24th Feb
10th & 24th Mar
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Last Update
18/11/2018
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Work continues on the Meer's ride
coppice section The large scallop has been mainly cleared of hazel.
The aspen stand of trees are next to be cut. Click here
to see what we have achieved so far.
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