Author: Colin Andrews

The ‘Magnificent Seven’ rolled into town, undeterred by the inclement weather ready to get stuck in to the tasks laid out by Sheriff Ildi.

The members of the Beggarwood wildlife group met on the first Tuesday of January, for the first working party of 2026. The group were several members short this month due to circumstance and ill health. Linda was ‘stuck’ in sunny Egypt due to a flight cancellation and both Roy and our leader Ildi were unwell.…

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…