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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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The start of this
year's coppicing
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03/09/2017 - the left hand section of the main ride, in my photo
above, is where the next ride coppice section will be. It is
the view looking from within the wood to the main entrance.
Watch my updates here as we clear this section, which was last cut
in 2008. The stretch of mown grass in Brownes' Pieces, shown
below, is where the next sapling plantation will be. This
large expanse of land will be the new home for 2,500 young
trees. Which this space....
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27/08/2017 - our first work of the season, cutting back the car
park's hedge where it borders the road. This is a job that is
just too big for one morning's work, so I left a bit of tidying up
to finish off next week. All I have to do now is remove the
thorns from my hands.
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20/08/2017 - spotted these two comma butterflies on the blackberries
along the main ride in the wood today. The white
"comma" (that's why it's called a comma), is just
visible on the underside of the wing of the lower one.
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Conservation
work party dates for the 2017-18 season are:
17th
September
1st, 15th & 29 October
12th & 26th November
10th & 24 December
7th & 21st January 2018
4th & 18th February
4th & 18th March
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Last Update
03/09/2017
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Today I started this year's ride
coppice section. 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 windy day in
Soar Mill Cove, Devon, thinking about swimming (we didn't).
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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