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Thursday 14th May
Refresh work on the Carnation Hall pollinator patch: weeding out grass, tidying edges, planting sunflowers and sowing wildflower seeds.
Wednesday 13th May
Working Party at Ascot Heath Primary School - Infant school wildlife garden, maintaining the garden for the pupils' education.
Saturday 9th May
Conservation work at Allens Field - removing a small rhodo patch and assessing work required on a decaying dead hedge.
Wednesday 29th April
Wildflower patches creation and refresh at Ascot Locomotive Society.
Carnation Hall
Monday 27th April
A great turnout for our annual Free Fun Wildlife Quiz in The Stag Pub. Congratulations to our worthy winners ‘Beggars Belief’ aka Binfield Environment Group.
Sunday 26th April
We had a lovely morning for our Dawn Chorus Walk at Great Pond led by David Calcutt. The light mist lifted from the pond as we arrived and we enjoyed listening to and seeing 34 different bird species. It just shows what is out there if you get up early enough to witness it 😀 Plus roe deer, muntjac and rabbits! Thanks to David for teaching us how to identify the birdsong.
Friday 24th to Monday 27th April
The UK WaterBlitz - We sampled streams at 4 points in our area as part of this citizen science project. We are very pleased to see that LV School took up our suggestion and tested the water in their pond which feeds Blackmoor Stream. More information including the results here: https://earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwaterblitz/
Thursday 16th April
We removed some vigorous grass clumps from the wildflower patch at Victory Field and sowed native wildflower seeds in the clear areas created.
Wednesday 18th March
Working Party at Ascot Heath Primary School - Infant school wildlife garden. The volunteers rebuilt one of the raised beds and repaired another using wood from the old fencing.
Saturday 14th March
Conservation work at Allens Field - The volunteers walked round the paths clearing overgrowing holly, brambles and fallen wood. Rhodo regrowth was cut back in one clearing as well as picking fallen wood from the ground to allow greass and moss to thrive. A woodpile was created. It was pleasing to see that one of the primrose we planted last month in flower.
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Thursday 26th February
Conservation work at Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary. An enthusiastic and hard working group of volunteers cut back more rhododendron in this Local Wildlife Site to improve habitat.
Saturday 14th February
Conservation work at Allens Field - Completed cutting back the rhododendron patch we've been tackling in the last 3 months, planted some primroses in the bank near the entrance and carried out the winter bird survey.
Wednesday 21st January
Working Party at Ascot Heath Primary School - Infant school wildlife garden.
Saturday 10th January 2026
Another lovely morning for rhododendron clearing in the wet woodland at Allens Field. We made good progress and reckon that one more session is needed here.
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