Bourne Woods are owned and managed by the Forestry Commission.
This means that the Forestry Commission are responsible for planting, looking after and felling the trees within the wood. Continue reading Forestry Commission
The Beautiful Song of the Nightingale
From mid April until about the end of May the beautiful song of the Nightingale can be heard in the wood. We are fortunate here in Bourne to be able to hear this little bird in full song as it is reaching its northernmost limits in Britain here in Lincolnshire. Continue reading The Beautiful Song of the Nightingale
A Sea of Bluebells
Today I was greeted by a sea of blue as I walked through Bourne Wood. The recent warm weather has seen the Bluebells begin to show across the woodland floor. Continue reading A Sea of Bluebells
Bird Boxes in Bourne Woods
The Friends have installed 104 Woodcrete nestboxes suitable for Blue Tits, Great Tits, Marsh Tits and Nuthatches, plus 10 Woodcrete Robin boxes within the wood. Continue reading Bird Boxes in Bourne Woods
Spring Time Bourne Woods
Spring is one of my favourite seasons (along with summer, winter and autumn!) The woods are erupting with green buds wherever you look, complemented by the colours of the spring flowers. Continue reading Spring Time Bourne Woods
Scavenging Day March 2014
Twelve people (many of them with their partners and children) attended our final scavenging day of the season. Continue reading Scavenging Day March 2014
Wild Service Tree
The Wild Service or Chequer Tree (Sorbus Torminalis) is a widespread but rather uncommon medium-sized deciduous tree (up to 25m) that is largely confined to ancient woodland. Continue reading Wild Service Tree
Deer in Bourne Woods
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
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