Author: Colin Andrews

After the wind and rain of the previous days, the working party were blessed with a dry and eventually warm, sunny morning when they met for the last working party of 2025. The volunteers split up into four groups for each of the morning’s tasks; coppicing, dead hedge repair, Dogwood removal and litter picking. The…

Despite it being such a busy time of year, sandwiched between the traditional firework night activities and the not so traditional trick and treating of Halloween, the Beggarwood volunteers still managed to fit in a working party for November, with their numbers swollen by the help of four members of staff from Newbury Building Society.…

On a warm and dry October morning the Beggarwood volunteers met as usual for their monthly working party, but this month their numbers were swollen by the addition of 14 Hawk–Eye Innovations Ltd. employees who are part of Sony Europe. There were two tasks on the cards for the day, the old favourite of clearing…

On a beautiful sunny morning the band of enthusiastic volunteers met for the September working party. Unlike last month when there was a full complement of helpers, there were several of the group missing due to holidays and injuries. We also had to cope with the fact that the store cupboard door was still waiting…

The first Tuesday of the month brought together the usual suspects, but with the welcome addition of a new team member in the shape of Zoe, whose knowledge of all thing’s bee related is sure to be of use to the team over the coming months. With a full complement of ten volunteers, the days…

The Conservation team met as usual on the first Tuesday of the month which also happened to be the first day of July and one of the hottest!The group once again welcomed volunteer helpers from the Newbury Building Society which not only helped swell their numbers but also resulted in the tasks being completed quicker…

A depleted work party met the first Tuesday of June and were disappointed to find that after weeks of warm dry weather, they were welcomed with drizzle and a cool wind. For this month’s working party they were joined by Steve Goodwin, with the intention that he would help set up a transect route to…

On a chilly but sunny Spring morning the Beggarwood Conservation Group met once again and sprang into action on two fronts. The main party went back to re-clearing the ditch at the top of the park as it was showing signs of getting overgrown again. The ditch had been cleared before, once in the summer…

After the success of the recent litter pick, the team arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed for the March working party and were met not only with bright sunshine, but also a new recruit in the shape of Andy who had himself helped at the said litter pick. Andy proved to be a natural when…