Hedge Pruning
A small group of volunteers tackled the hedge that runs down the side of the wood, bordering the housing estate today. Many of the whips had become incredibly tall and were… Read More »Hedge Pruning
News
RSPB Bird Count Winter 2017
This weekend is the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch and we joined forces with the Friends of Green Dale to do a spot of early morning twitching today. Armed with binoculars,… Read More »RSPB Bird Count Winter 2017
Paths Re-surfaced in DKH Wood
Our application for Cleaner, greener, Safer funding from Southwark Council was successful and we were awarded the money to get the paths in the wood topped up with new gravel.… Read More »Paths Re-surfaced in DKH Wood
AGM 2016
The 2016 AGM was held for the first time at the DKH Adventure Playground next to the wood, on Thursday 27th October from 7pm. We started with a report from… Read More »AGM 2016
Bulbs planted in new glade
Today we planted some woodland bulbs in the new glade that we have created in Dog Kennel Hill Wood. We ordered them from naturescape.co.uk who specialise in British wild flowers.… Read More »Bulbs planted in new glade
Bat walk 2016
Last night we realised we hadn’t had a bat walk this year and so a small group of us went out with the bat detectors to see what we could… Read More »Bat walk 2016
Autumn 2016 Work Day
Six volunteers came armed with bin bags, litter pickers and secateurs today. Our main tasks were to tame the hedge up near the adventure playground and make it less straggly… Read More »Autumn 2016 Work Day
Summer 2016
We have had a very hot summer this year and the grass in the park is parched brown. The meadow grew well and we had some lovely grasses grow interspersed… Read More »Summer 2016