News & Events
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Volunteering opportunity
Sarah Partridge from www.orchardbarn.org.uk has written with news of an opportunity to volunteer in the making of a shingle roof.
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An Unknown Wood
Ray Perry gives us an insight into how he has changed the way he has come to view his woodland, then goes on to tell of his experience of hosting a SWOG meeting.
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Natures Craft – Bushcraft day
Andy Noble and his co instructor Paul from Natures Craft put on a great bushcraft day for SWOG members. Held at Lords Wood in Hampshire, the day was a nice mix of practical skills and the sharing of knowlege and ideas.
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Woodheat Solutions Training Seminar Invitation
Mathew Woodcock from the Forestry Commission and Thames Valley Energy are putting on some free ‘woodheat solutions’ training in the next couple of months.
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News from the North East
The Forestry Commission has released a special regional update, following a recent discovery of Dendroctonus micans, the Great Spruce Bark Beetle, in private woodland at the western end of the Tyne Valley.
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Introduction to bushcraft day
UPDATE 17th August 2010 There are still a couple of places left on this course if anyone is interested? Andy Noble of Natures Craft is running an introduction to bushcraft day at Lords Wood near Alton in Hampshire later this year. This is being offered to SWOG members at a considerable discount, (£20 instead of…
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New deer management guidance
Deer are one of the biggest threats to woodland management – where their population density is too high, they over-graze the land and damage trees and rare plants as well as the habitats of other mammals, birds and insects.
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Coppice week at Ashdown Forest
There are still places available on some of the courses offered at the Coppice week in Ashdown Forest. As of today (6th August) spaces include: Wooden tent peg making, hazel hurdle making, chestnut gate hurdles, and the charcoal earthburn.
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Photography workshop – Alvecote Wood
5th September 2010 9.00am to 5.00pm If you have a digital camera, but are sometimes frustrated that the images you take don’t reflect what you have seen, then this is for you. You don’t need to have a lot of photographic knowledge, just a wish to improve your photography and get the most out of…
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Surrey Hills Woodfair
The Surrey Hills Wood Fair is now confirmed for 8/9 October 2010.