DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
Spring Programme 2016
There are Tuesday AND Thursday dates here!
Arboretum day is on the first Thursday of the month
Tuesday 16 Feb 16 |
Staunton Meend Take the A4136 towards Monmouth and after the White Horse pub turn left up the no-through road and follow the signs to the Buckstone Adventure Centre.
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This is a split team day so you can choose which site to work on!
Mallards Pike/Moseley Green From Parkend take B4431 towards Blakeney, park by barrier opposite entrance to Mallards Pike car park. | Scrub clearance
Scrub clearance for butterflies |
SO543123
SO637088 |
Thursday 18 Feb 16 |
Wigpool Nature Reserve From Mitcheldean take Stenders Road (church on your right) up to right hand turn to Wigpool, continue for 1 mile until pine trees run out (and it looks heathy). Meet: at 10am next to GWT white pickup truck Contact: Kevin 07900 050115 Meet: at 10am next to GWT white pickup truck Contact: Kevin 07900 050115 |
Heathland restoration - Birch clearance |
SO652195 |
Tuesday 23 Feb 16 |
Ridley Bottom Meet10am-'Kelly's Lane' off 'Rosemary's Lane' off the B4228 between Chepstow and Coleford. LIMITED PARKING - make use of nearby 'Rosemary's Lane' lay-bys. Call Kevin on 07900 050115 for further details. |
Canopy overhang clearance, coppicing
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ST561986 |
Tuesday 1 Mar 16 |
Plump Hill Autumn Gentian site Take the A4136 from Cinderford towards Mitcheldean. Just after the turning for the Wilderness is a layby on the right. Turn right here and take the track to the parking area. |
Scrub cutting (no raking!) |
SO660168 |
Tuesday 8 Mar 16 |
Edgehills heathland From Mitcheldean continue up Plump Hill towards Cinderford and turn left on to unnamed road just before sign on right for Wilderness centre. Continue on pot holed road for 3/4 mile to Forest Gate. Meet 10am |
Birch clearance (for Exmoor ponies)
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SO660154 |
Tuesday 15 Mar 16 |
Lords Wood, The Doward From A40 dual carriageway take Symonds Yat West exit, follow narrow lanes to Doward, picking up signs to Biblins youth campsite. After 1.5 miles, Lane bends sharp left at SO548157 by Doward Campsite. Take the forest road to the right here (white arrow) and go through the King Arthurs Cave car park and through the metal barrier. Take next left along forest road and park at SO552151 |
Coppicing, and clearing scrub on wooded heath.
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SO552151 |
Thursday 17 Mar 16 |
Stenders Quarry GWT Reserve Meet at 10am on Stenders road ¼ mile east of Mitcheldean (turn opposite Co-op take road with church on right up hill for 400m, no easy parking nearby) Meet:10am |
Scrub clearance (difficult slopes) Continued nibbling of another scrubby area for reversion to limestone grassland |
SO659184 |
Tuesday 22 Mar 16 |
Edgehills heathland From Mitcheldean continue up Plump Hill towards Cinderford and turn left on to unnamed road just before sign on right for Wilderness centre. Continue on pot holed road for 3/4 mile to Forest Gate. Meet 10am |
Birch clearance
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SO660154 |
Tuesday 29 Mar 16 |
Hadnock. near the Biblins Bridge Enter the woods at the Marians Wood (SO570125). Follow the MAIN forest ride down to the river (over a mile). On the OS map you pass through Ellis Redding Wood and Coalpit Hill. When you get to the River Wye, turn left and follow this forest road for another mile or so, going past the Biblins footbridge. Go as far as you can go and park at the end. You are at the work site in Wales then. |
Building a deer fence around new coppice |
SO537154 |
Tuesday 5 Apr 16 |
Hadnock. near the Biblins Bridge Enter the woods at the Marians Wood (SO570125). Follow the MAIN forest ride down to the river (over a mile). On the OS map you pass through Ellis Redding Wood and Coalpit Hill. When you get to the River Wye, turn left and follow this forest road for another mile or so, going past the Biblins footbridge. Go as far as you can go and park at the end. You are at the work site in Wales then. |
Continue building a deer fence around new coppice if it has not yet been finished |
SO537154 |
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April, May and June |
Surveys will begin for frog spawn/tadpoles/small mammals/butterflies and moths etc |
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Kate Wollen 07786 526280
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