News From Ashplats Conservation Group
Diary Dates for Working Groups in 2024
January 14th
- Coppicing
January 26th
- Annual General Meeting
- 7:30pm, Sackville College Common Room
February 11th
- Coppicing by Badgers Path
March 10th
- Dealing with the Fallen Oak on Wood Anenome Path
- Removing/thinning Laurels and Sycamore
April 14th
- Annual Litter Pick
May, June, July, August
- Occasional summer tasks announced via email
- Clearing vegetation encroaching on paths
- Surveys and Monitoring
General Dates in the Season
- Early March to end of July – Bird nesting season. Tree felling is kept to a minimum
- April – The Litter Pick
- September – Meadow mowing and raking
- Early Autumn – Pond work whilst the ponds are still low and the residents are no longer living fast paced lives
- December – The Xmas Task
- Summer – Reduced activity as volunteers are away and cutting is restricted