Category: Working Parties

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…

It was back to school this month for the Beggarwood wildlife volunteers as we were lucky enough to be joined by the local Rangers, Jenny, Sam and Jack for some basic training and advice on several fronts. Jack took two of the team aside to pass on some handy tips on the maintenance of the…

Having survived both the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the group returned refreshed and raring to start 2025, and to continue the good works it had undertaken in 2024. As it turned out the first task was to continue a job started in the summer of 2024, to clear the existing ditch that runs along…

The volunteer team met as usual on the second Tuesday of the month outside the tool store up by the café, on a wet and windy morning, ready for action! It had previously been agreed that we would remain flexible regarding tasks to be carried out at this time of year due to the weather,…

The Rangers had identified a buddleia bush for removal which is an invasive plant, not native to the UK. Half of the team headed to the eastern end of the park and was able to cut the bush back, although the root system (pictured below) requires special equipment due to its size. The same team was…

We were joined by the wonderful team from the Newbury Building Society for our working party this month. The weather was overcast with occasional light drizzle, but not enough to dampen our enthusiasm for a number of tasks. With the augmented numbers we had the opportunity to split into two groups, with one group (pictured…