At 7:00 pm on Monday 15th September 6 volunteers from the Woodland Group met on the grassed area in Birch Drive. The weather had been terrible for most of the day with heavy rain and wind, just the type of weather that bats don’t like. However, luck was on our side and after having 20mm […]
Litter Clean Up 10:00 am on Saturday 5th September 2026 saw a gathering of volunteers in Birch Drive. Today the plan was to have a general tidy up and remove any litter or other rubbish within the woodland. The group of 9 volunteers consisted of members of the Maryburgh of both the Community Woodland Group, […]
You may remember that last September we were delighted to welcome Mary, the Moth Recorder for Butterfly Conservation in this area, to a moth survey. We were pleased that Mary came along to this survey and joined our 5 group members. We put out 3 different moth traps in 2 locations in Birch Drive. At […]
4 July 2026 – Tidy Up Session This was a really busy session. We had 12 volunteers, which meant that we could split up, temporarily, into different groups. 1 Tree Succession Planning We are very aware that the trees in the Memory Tree section of the woodland are getting quite old and, as time goes […]
As part of Gala week the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group organised a Den Building competition on Tuesday 16 June 2026. After the success of last year we wondered if we would have as many people turn up this year. We thought we couldn’t get more people. How wrong we were! We had a slight increase […]
Moth Survey The May Clean up day didn’t start as normal on the Saturday Morning, but started the evening before. On Friday the 8th May a moth survey was prepared with 3 moth traps to be used. Two traps were supplied by Mary, the county recorder for Butterfly Conservation, with a third moth trap supplied […]
The first Saturday of April 2026 was also Easter Saturday so we weren’t sure if many volunteers would be able to attend, especially as there was a storm forecast for the afternoon. However, we didn’t need to be concerned as we had 11 volunteers. We were really happy to welcome a new volunteer along. About […]
The first Saturday in March 2026 and 6 members from Maryburgh Community volunteers headed into the Woodland to carry out the monthly clean-up day. Due to other activities in the Maryburgh area this month there were fewer volunteers than normal. Now that the dangerous branches of an oak that overhang the core path leading up […]
The first Saturday in February 2026 once again saw 12 members from Maryburgh going into the Community Woodland to help with the monthly clean-up. Today’s activity was to place bat and bird boxes throughout the woodland. The volunteers included some of Maryburgh Mens Shed who had been making the bird and bat boxes over the […]
On Saturday morning, the 17th January, seven local volunteers from Maryburgh were in the community woodland for the first Clean-Up day of 2026. The volunteers weren’t deterred by the cold, wet, freezing conditions in January and everyone started work on the next stage of the maintenance plan guidelines, removing the invasive non-native Beech saplings identified […]
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