OUWG events
JULY
Sunday 11: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Sunday 18: Open Day at Boundary Brook 2-5 p.m. Come to see the summer flowers, butterflies, the life in and over the ponds. The group will be leading guided walks and selling native wild plants and cottage garden plants and seeds to attract wildlife to your garden as well as booklets about wildlife. Children under 14 to be accompanied by an adult. Wheelchair access, admission free.
Sunday 25: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Monday 26: Combined business and Boundary Brook meeting. 7pm at Boundary Brook Nature Park.
AUGUST
Sunday 1: Boundary Brook
Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments
provided.
Sunday 8: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Sunday 15: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Thursday 19: Summer Picnic at Boundary Brook Nature Park. From 6.30pm. Have a picnic and a chat, explore the Park and try some pond-dipping if you want to.
Saturday 21: Elder Stubbs Festival (Allotments, Rymers Lane, East Oxford) OUWG stall. Come and enjoy the festival – food, stalls, entertainments, organic produce, willow sculptures, activities, etc. 12-5pm.
Sunday 22: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Sunday 29: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided
SEPTEMBER
Sunday 5: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Sunday 12: Boundary Brook
Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments
provided.
Sunday 19: Craft/Activity Day at Boundary Brook Try your hand at a range of crafts – make a bird feeder or a model dragonfly. An activities area is provided for children (puzzles, bug hunt, feely boxes, paper and crayons). Under 14s to be accompanied by an adult. Admission free but donations welcome to cover cost of materials. 2-5 p.m.
Sunday 26: Boundary Brook Nature Park: work party between 10am and 1pm. Refreshments provided.
Events for
other organisations
JULY
Friday 9 July: Bats and
Glow-Worms: a talk at St Margaret’s Institute in Polstead
Road, north Oxford, at 8 pm, followed by an expedition to the Trap
Grounds at 9.45 pm. Children welcome. Bring a torch and some
midge-repellent. Tel. 511307. (FoTG)
Saturday 10: A guided walk in Warneford Meadow led by local naturalist Alistair Smith who will describe the plants and creatures that inhabit the newest town green in the Oxford area. Meet at 10.30am at the Hilltop Road entrance to Warneford Meadow in East Oxford.
Sunday 18: Cottisford, Oxon
Field Outing. Details from Steve Alley 01608 659628.
(OOS)
Friday 23: Pulling Small
Balsam in Abraham’s Wood. Oxford Preservation Trust Work
Party 10 am – 1 pm. Meet on Boars Hill, at the western end of the
Berkeley Old Golf Course, by the Open University at grid ref.
SP491221. Louise Print-Lyons and Camilla Lambrick for further
details phone 01865 735161 or 07866757636
camillalambrick@btinternet.com
Sunday 25: Trap Grounds Work
Party, 10 am – 4 pm, clearing brambles and invasive Golden
Rod, creating paths, etc. Drinks provided; please bring your own
lunch. Tools provided. Come when you like, for as long as you like.
Tel. 511307. (FoTG)
AUGUST
Saturday 7: Wytham Woods Walk.
10.30am-12.30pm Woodland ecology, woodland history and
Wytham research in a walk with Nigel Fisher, Conservator of Wytham
Woods. Wytham Woods are one of the most researched areas of woodland
in the world. Learn about bird, badger, deer, and climate change
research activities. The walk contains gentle slopes and uneven
ground, covering just under three miles. No ecological background
required! Booking essential. No dogs please. Meet: Sawmill Yard,
Wytham. OX2 8QQ Grid Ref: SP 468 086 Admission: Free (donations
welcome) Contact: Shirley Jarvis 01865 371297
shirley88jarvis@googlemail.com (BBOWT)
Wednesday 11: The Human Zoo by Dr Mike Leahy, will explore the weird and wonderful world of the bugs that live on – and in – our own bodies! Be warned: This is a show that is definitely not for the squeamish! Session 1 - 11am. Session 2 2pm.…£3/SO Friends Free. Suitable for 7+. Booking recommended at www.scienceoxfordlive.com or 01865 810000. (SOL)
Thursday 12: The Law of the Beehive. 7.30pm. Just like humans, bees live in “cities” of thousands of individuals, each with a tightly defined social role. Can they tell us anything about our own society? Local beekeeper Chris Richmond will explain how honeybee society works, and asks you to draw your own conclusions…£3/SO Friends Free. Booking recommended at www.scienceoxfordlive.com or 01865 810000. (SOL)
Sunday 15: Barford St Michael, Oxon Field Outing. Details from Steve Alley 01608 659628. (OOS)
Saturday 28: Monitoring
Creeping marshwort on Port Meadow. Meet at 10 am at the car
park at the end of Walton Well Rd. For details please contact
Camilla on 01865 735161 or by email, camillalambrick@btinternet.com
(RPG)
Tuesday 31: Vegetation monitoring on Port Meadow. Meet at 10 am at the car park at the end of Walton Well Rd. For details please contact Camilla on 01865 735161 or by email, camillalambrick@btinternet.com (RPG)
SEPTEMBER
Saturday 4: Discover Bats at the CS Lewis Reserve, Lewis Close, off Kiln Lane, Risinghurst. Start at 7 pm. Leader for talk and walk will be Reg Tipping (Oxfordshire Bat Group). Contact Helen d'Ayala (BBOWT Community Wildlife Officer [Oxon]) on Oxford 775476. (FoCSL)
Tuesday 7: Monitoring Creeping
marshwort. Meet at Willow Walk, North Hinksey, park
opposite the church at 11 am and it continues at Binsey Green park
at 2 pm near the Perch pub. For details please contact Camilla on
01865 735161 or by email, camillalambrick@btinternet.com (RPG)
Thursday 9: The Birds of Islay a talk by Gordon Langsbury - a look at what this remote Scottish island has to offer. Sandhills Primary School, Terrett Avenue, Headington, at 7.45pm. Members free. Non-members welcome - £3, Students - £2. (RSPB)
Thursday
16: Coach trip to Basildon Park Georgian mansion with
extensive parkland. Cost: National Trust Members £20, Cost:
non-National Trust Members £26. Cost includes tea and scones and
non-refundable £2 booking fee. Details and booking slip from Dr
Peter M Hacking, 47 Main Road, Long Hanborough, OX29 8BD. Tel: 01993
882336 Email: pmh@tenter.demon.co.uk. Bookings must be received by
1st August. (ANHSO)
Saturday 18: Trap Grounds Work Party, 10 am–4 pm, clearing brambles, creating paths, raking the meadow, etc. Drinks provided; please bring your own lunch. Tools provided. Come when you like, for as long as you like. Tel. 511307. (FoTG)
Sunday 19: Arne RSPB Reserve, Dorset. Enjoy the peaceful estuarine habitat on the fringe of Poole Harbour/span>,, plus mixed woodlands and heath. Coach 7.30. Contact to book Anne Clark 01865 723868,or David Rolfe 01993 773123. (RSPB)
Sunday 26: Annual Apple Day from noon-4pm at the Hilltop Rd end of Warneford Meadow. There will be apple pressing, an orchard walk, games and stalls.
OCTOBER
Saturday 16: Evolution Day University Museum. Activities for children in the morning, Displays in the Gallery, A series of talks in the afternoon.
Come and help us to manage the Nature Park by coming to one of our work parties. You can choose your task from a variety of jobs. A warm welcome guaranteed. You need not come for the whole time.
We plan to have work parties every Sunday, weather permitting but please check before arrival by ringing to ensure it has not been cancelled through bad weather.
Contact:
Alan Hart 07979608013 OR Peter Wilkinson 07760 226333.
There is usually someone working at Boundary Brook most days so, if you want to come at other times than the listed work parties, find out who will be there and when by ringing Alan Hart 07979608013. We plan to have work parties every Sunday, weather permitting as there is so much to do but check before arrival.
Regular 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.