January 2025

 

12th Rhododendron control and glade coppicing at Flatropers Wood, a Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve near Beckley.

19th Joining local volunteers at the Pett Level Preservation Society’s nature reserve at Cliff End.

26th Joining local volunteers at the Woodland Trust’s Brede High Woods (for volunteers who have registered with the Woodland Trust).

 

 

February

 

2nd Coppicing at Marline Wood, a Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve outside St Leonards, to generate timber for pathwork.

9th Pathwork at the Marline Valley Nature Reserve.

16th Joining local volunteers to manage the Pett Level Preservation Trust’s land at Cliff End.

23rd Working at the Woodland Trust’s Brede High Wood (for volunteers who have registered with the Woodland Trust).

 

March

 

2nd Some gorse and willow coppicing around the Bogs Field nature reserve at Hooe Common. Wellingtons recommended.

9th Continued glade coppicing at Flatropers Wood.

16th Working with local volunteers at the Pett Level Preservation Trust’s nature reserve at Cliff End.

23rd Another visit to Flatropers Wood, where we may be building ‘beaver dams’ along the stream.

30th Working at the Woodland Trust’s Brede High Wood (for volunteers who have registered with the Woodland Trust).

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April

 

6th No event today.

13th Pathwork at Flatropers Wood, a Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve near Beckley, where we shall be splitting felled chestnut logs to surface a boggy path. We shall also be digging out some banks for Tiger Beetles and lizards to live on.

20th No event today.

27th Pathwork at Powdermill Wood near Battle, using some oak logs to surface a muddy stretch of path.

 

May

 

4th No event today.

11th No event today.

18th A spring cut for parts of the meadow at the Wainwright Close nature reserve in the Churchfields Industrial Estate, St Leonards.

25th Bracken and bramble trimming in the Big Meadow at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Marline Valley nature reserve outside St Leonards.

 

June

 

1st Bracken and bramble trimming at the Bogs Field, Hooe Common, in preparation for a survey by the Sussex Botanical Recording Society.

8th Cutting regrowth of brambles and giant horsetail around the Pine Tree Field at the Marline Valley nature reserve.

15th No event today.

22nd No event today.

29th Cutting bracken along the rides at Flatropers Wood near Beckley.

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July

 

6th Weeding bramble and bracken growth from glades in the Big Meadow at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Marline Valley nature reserve, outside St Leonards, and repairing a vandalised motorcycle barrier. From 2pm there will be an opportunity to join in a guided walk looking at this field’s rare flora.

13th Working at the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Flatropers Wood nature reserve near Beckley, where cutting bracken maintains a heathland habitat in the open glades.

20th Continued heathland management at Flatropers Wood.

27th Mowing parts of the old meadow at the Wainwright Close urban nature reserve, Church Fields, St Leonards (am only).

 

August

 

3rd More bracken cutting in the heathland at Flatropers Wood.

10th Bramble control in the Big Meadow at Marline Valley.

17th Trimming bramble around the Bogs Field at Hooe Common, a nature reserve remarkable for its rare wetland flowers

24th More meadow mowing at Wainwright Close (am only).

31st Bramble control in the Big Meadow at Marline Valley.

 

September

 

7th Sallow coppicing and stream management in a swampy nature reserve at Powdermill Wood near Battle (if water levels are low enough).

14th Bramble and willow control at Hooe Common.

21st More meadow management at Marline (am only).

29th TBD. Contact us to find out nearer the day.

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October

5th    Bramble trimming in the New Field at Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Marline Valley Nature Reserve, outside St Leonards. This may be for the morning only.
12th    Cutting some encroaching sallow stems at the top entrance to the Big Meadow at Marline. This may be for the morning only.
19th    Gorse coppicing and grassland cutting in the Bogs Field at Hooe Common, a nature reserve managed by the Powdermill Trust for Nature Conservation. It may be muddy.
26th    Scrub coppicing around the margin of the Upper Field at Marline. This may be for the morning only.

November

2nd    Coppicing and scrub-cutting around the pond at the Wainwright Close urban nature reserve at Church Fields, St Leonards.
9th    Coppicing around the pond between the Big Meadow and the New Field at Marline.
16th    Joining local volunteers to manage the Pett Level Preservation Trust’s land at Cliff End (10-12).
23rd    Coppicing and creating beaver dams at Flatropers Wood, a Sussex Wildlife Trust nature reserve near Beckley. Wellingtons advised.
30th    Gorse coppicing and scrub management at the Bogs Field at Hooe (as above).

December

7th     Replacing a corduroy path along a muddy stretch of the main track through Marline Wood.
14th    Working with local volunteers at the Pett Level Preservation Trust’s nature reserve at Cliff End (10-12).
21st    Coppicing birch at Flatropers Wood near Beckley.
28th    Christmas break. We’ll resume on 4th January 2026.

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2026

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Work days are ongoing, but because of a lack of regular transport, they are being decided on a week-by-week basis. Contact us to find out what's happening.