www.friendsofbournewood.org.uk

The Friends of Bourne Woods are a group of people who are interested in and are involved with helping to promote and look after Bourne Woods.

The Friends plan to organise projects and activities in the Woods, as well as well as look after them. Members can join in as little or as much as they like - every little bit helps!

Orchard Work Party/Open Days 
10am to 12pm at Orchard off Beech Avenue

  

 

 

 

 

BOURNE WOOD TOILETS
Would you like the use of the toilets in the car park for your event in Bourne Wood?

We can open the toilets for you, price dependant on your type of event.

For more information and to discuss phone Sarah on 07760468052 or e-mail roberts.sarahm@gmail.com

 

Pictures from the Fungus Foray

 

Bourne Wood is a quiet ancient woodland with mixed conifers and

semi-natural broadleaf trees.

Donate a tree for the Friends of Bourne Wood Community Orchard

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DONATE A TREE

Bourne Wood Bird Boxes

The Friends of Bourne wood are pleased to announce that the bird boxes donated last year by the Len Pick Trust have had another successful year. 
Although the bad weather in April and May meant that some nests were lost after young were chilled by wet parents,  there were still 23 successful blue tit nests and 8 great tits.  Whereas in other parts of the country predation by Greater Spotted woodpeckers was a problem – this is not the case in our special woodcrete boxes which protect against attack from both woodpeckers and squirrels.
The Friends were also very excited that one of the boxes was used by a Nuthatch, which reared 3 young.  This is the first time a nuthatch has been recorded using a box in Bourne Wood, and was a real delight to see.
Thank you to all those who have helped monitor the boxes and to the Len Pick Trust for providing homes for even more birds.

Bird walk

The Spring Bird Walk on 25th March 2012 was a well supported event. An enthusiastic group of about 30 people gathered in the main car park at 9am on a fresh Sunday morning for this perfectly timed spring event. Previous bird walks had been later in the day and we anticipated seeing and hearing more species this year with the early start.

As expected, we were not disappointed. The range of species we encountered well represented birds in Bourne Woods at this time of year. They included; Goldfinch, Redpoll, Wood Pigeon, Jay, Nuthatch, Blue Tits, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasant, Crows, Robins, Song Thrush and to the delight of us all, the Chiffchaff. Our guide, Vaughan Roberts, has a vast knowledge of bird song which he accurately mimicked for our benefit in identifying species.

It was a most enjoyable walk as we also saw the first of the primroses, violets and the new foliage on the willow and larch, heralding the arrival of spring.

The walk was about 2 miles long and lasted a leisurely hour and a half. Pictures of the event are here on the Friends of Bourne Wood website, and if you are interested in attending similar events, add the site to your 'favourites' to keep up to date with the event dates.

 

The wood is being gradually restored to native broadleaf woodland under the
'Ancient Woodland Project'.

The Friends of Bourne Wood help to look after the wood and organise regular events throughout the year

 

 

Bourne Wood used as film location

Soon to be released family adventure film Gate 38 was filmed on location in Bourne Wood. A trailer is on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWO5iBftDo

Bourne Wood Flora

Click here to see the new pages

 

Click on image to see some of the results from the photographic competition

 

The Friends of Bourne Wood wood like to thank all those who campaigned to save the woods especially Quentin Davies and his team plus many others who passionately opposed these plans