Category: Working Parties

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…

The recent site review had identified an area requiring thinning to allow more light in and encourage ground based plants to thrive. The Rangers had already surveyed the area and marked trees and bushes which needed to be removed with a blue spray (which showed up really well despite the rather gloomy weather conditions). So…

As can be seen in the photo of the live hedge the weather for this month’s working party was a little menacing… We managed to tidy up the hedge a little before the rain fell heavily and then retreated to the Holly Blue for some shelter and well earned coffee and cake. The Flower Boxes…

For this Working Party the group was augmented by a fantastic small team from the Newbury Building Society. The weather was looking a bit threatening so we spent some time clearing a path then reverted to a common task of removing tree guards left behind from the planting phase of the park. It was great…