One of the highlights of any visit to the woods has to be an encounter with one or more of our largest woodland residents. Fallow Deer have been resident in the wood for about forty years since spreading from both Grimesthorpe and Irnham parks. Continue reading Deer in Bourne Woods
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Planting Trees in Community Orchard
The Friends of Bourne Wood have secured a 15 year lease on the paddock adjacent to Bourne Wood on which we are creating a community orchard. Continue reading Planting Trees in Community Orchard
Hazel in Full Flower
With the turning of the year we all look forward to the arrival of Spring. Already in the woods, although I write this in January, the signs are beginning to appear. Continue reading Hazel in Full Flower
Bird Ringing 2012
On Saturday 25 February 2012, Alan Ball from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) gave the Friends of Bourne Wood a demonstration of bird ringing. Continue reading Bird Ringing 2012
Fungus Foray in Bourne Woods 2012
Photographs from the 2012 Fungus Foray in 2012; a thorough rummage of the woods yielded a bountiful display of fungi! Continue reading Fungus Foray in Bourne Woods 2012