Well, I'll start this off because nobody else has posted their activities for May.
At our woods it has been a busy month. Although the woodland work is decreasing, we're starting to get the community groups using the wood. We've had visits from one of the local forest schools, and a blubell walk for Tamworth Wildilfe Group. This week we will be visited by the local Beaver Scouts and we're having another open day on Sunday 23rd. There is also a Wild About Tamworth event on 22nd when we'll have a stand.
In terms of work at the wood, we've been trying to get some extra areas of wildflower meadow established. This has been made much easier by purchase of a rotavator! Last year's sowings seem successful so we've followed the same plan this year. We've also planted some trays of wildflower seedlings donated by a supporter, and also 15 oak trees grown from our own acorns and protected in the greenhouse over the winter from enthusiastic squirrels.
The bluebells have been fantastic - just past their best now, but other plants are starting to flower including large drifts of greater stitchwort.
We are just trying to deal with damage to the lower coppice - something likes our bamboo canes and some of the young trees have been collateral damage!