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Boundary Brook Nature Park
(1991 OSCA Winner)
This
Nature Park in East Oxford was created in 1990 from derelict allotments.
It is now a beautiful mosaic of habitats teeming with wildlife. It includes
woodland, ponds, marsh, hazel coppice, demonstration wildlife garden and kitchen
garden and many more. It is used by school parties for the environmental
sections of their curriculum, for people interested in acquiring skills in
conservation and wildlife management and as a relaxing area to visit for people
who live nearby.
Why not come and visit it?
You can drop in when we are open for work parties, or better still come and
help. We also have four open days a year and arrange for leisure groups to come
and be shown round, take part in projects or come and have a picnic.
Oxford Urban Wildlife Group holds regular work parties on a Sunday every
fortnight at Boundary Brook Nature Park (see below). It is a very friendly
group, tools are provided (training too), choose your task and pace, come for
some or all of the time. Bring flask/drink, old clothes, wellies or suitable
footwear, rainwear.
If
you would like to join a work party or just come along to find out what is
happening drop in at any of the following times.
WORK PARTIES and OPEN DAYS
Summer
2009
Official work parties are on
alternate Sundays between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided. During the
summer months we aim to have work parties EVERY Sunday but ring first – see
below.
JULY
Sunday 12:
Work party - 10am-1pm
Wednesday 15:
OUWG Boundary Brook meeting. On site at 7pm.
Sunday 26:
Work party - 10am-1pm
AUGUST
Sunday 9:
Work party - 10am-1pm
Sunday 23:
Work party - 10am-1pm
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 6:
Work party - 10am-1pm
Saturday 12:
Oxford Open Doors at Boundary Brook Nature Park
We will open the Park and have
a range of activities including owl pellet dissection, pond-dipping, making fir
cone bird feeders, wildlife model-making of various types as well as guided
walks, book, plant and seed stalls. 2-5pm.
Sunday 20:
Work party - 10am-1pm
Come
and help us to manage the Nature Park.
You can
choose your task from a variety of jobs. A warm welcome guaranteed. You need
not come for the whole time.
Please ring on the day of the
work party to ensure it has not been cancelled through bad weather etc.
We plan to have work
parties every Sunday but check the ones not listed above before arrival.
It is essential to
ring the Warden, Alan Hart first, on the day, to check we are opening up.
Weather and other unforeseen events might prevent this. His number is 07979 608
013. Of course he and also Peter Wilkinson and others are often there at other
times so do ring and join them if you want to take part in a useful and
worthwhile project (as well as having healthy exercise in the open air).
See text of our
latest newsletter
Access
to Boundary Brook Nature Park is at the end of
the cycle track near Larkrise School, Boundary Brook Road (off Iffley Road), Oxford.
Regular fortnightly work parties at Boundary Brook
Nature Park
Come and help Oxford Urban Wildlife Group to manage this thriving nature park
which now has SLINC status. You can choose your task from a variety of jobs. A
warm welcome guaranteed. Please ring on day of work party if poor weather -
Oxford 770742 or 07979 608013.
There is usually someone working at Boundary Brook
most days so, if you want to come at other times, find out who will be there and
when by ringing 07979608013.
Bus routes
Cityline 4A, B or C; Stagecoach Route 3.
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