Category: Working Parties

The long hot summer continued as the team met on the first Tuesday in August and were joined by Jenny’s granddaughter, and trainee volunteer, Hazel. A very different day was planned as we had been tasked to assist Ranger Charlie (Community Green Space Officer) in removing Dormouse footprint tunnels around the park. Before meeting up…

Wow!! What a scorcher! The Working Party met on the 7th July as we entered another heatwave in the South of England, and it was very warm even at 9am! 10 volunteers met at the Beggarwood Community Café with several jobs that needed to get done; after a discussion and allocation of tasks we all…

With the early morning rain, the day didn’t look too promising, but the hardy volunteers were not to be deterred and fortunately the rain held off. Numbers were down due to holidays and family & work commitments, but increased by Victoria and Chris joining us for the first time. Victoria finding us via a Google…

The Beggarwood Wildlife Group were hard at work on Tuesday 5th May. The weather not as glorious as our last outing but warm and, importantly, dry! We split into 3 groups to attack different areas of the park, our aim as always to keep it useable for our community and to encourage more wildlife into…

Our intrepid adventurers gathered near the Beggarwood café early on Tuesday morning somewhat disconcerted by the strange weather patterns. A yellow orb radiated heat and a deep blue arched overhead. Could this really be the start of summer? It was an unusual combination for a day during the Easter holidays, generally more damp, grey and…

Our second visit to Down Grange to assist Steve and Marion was attended by 8 willing and able volunteers. The tasks for the day included clearing and tidying fallen branches, bramble cutting and blackthorn popping. The morning was quite breezy but the location for our tasks was fairly sheltered.

A mild fine spring morning met the group ready to get stuck into the mornings tasks. Kevin was welcomed as a potential new member of the team before tools were loaded into a wheelbarrow and 8 volunteers headed out towards the play area to a patch of brambles and dogwood to be cleared. Many hands…

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 ‘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.…