September newsletter | 31st Aug, 2010
The September newsletter is now available to download from the link below.
Fungi season! - Picture courtesy of Mike Pepler
Archive for August, 2010
Woodheat Solutions Training Seminar Invitation | 26th Aug, 2010
Mathew Woodcock from the Forestry Commission and Thames Valley Energy are putting on some free ‘woodheat solutions’ training in the next couple of months.
News from the North East | 20th Aug, 2010
The Forestry Commission has released a special regional update, following a recent discovery of Dendroctonus micans, the Great Spruce Bark Beetle, in private woodland at the western end of the Tyne Valley.
Dendroctonus micans
Introduction to bushcraft day | 15th Aug, 2010
UPDATE 17th August 2010
There are still a couple of places left on this course if anyone is interested?
Andy Noble of Natures Craft is running an introduction to bushcraft day at Lords Wood near Alton in Hampshire later this year. This is being offered to SWOG members at a considerable discount, (£20 instead of £70) to cover their costs. Numbers will be limited to 10 so book early to avoid disappointment.
Cooking 'damper' on green hazel sticks
New deer management guidance | 13th Aug, 2010
Deer are one of the biggest threats to woodland management – where their population density is too high, they over-graze the land and damage trees and rare plants as well as the habitats of other mammals, birds and insects.
Coppice week at Ashdown Forest | 05th Aug, 2010
There are still places available on some of the courses offered at the Coppice week in Ashdown Forest. As of today (6th August) spaces include: Wooden tent peg making, hazel hurdle making, chestnut gate hurdles, and the charcoal earthburn.
Hazel Hurdles
August newsletter | 04th Aug, 2010
The August newsletter is now available to download from the link below.
Hover fly - Photo courtesy of Elaine Hodgson
This months news letter is truly a bumper edition!
Photography workshop – Alvecote Wood | 03rd Aug, 2010
5th September 2010
9.00am to 5.00pm
If you have a digital camera, but are sometimes frustrated that the images
you take don’t reflect what you have seen, then this is for you. You
don’t need to have a lot of photographic knowledge, just a wish to improve
your photography and get the most out of your camera.
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