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On a perfect sunny winter morning we had 7 volunteers at today’s working session.

  • We removed the final two bird boxes from the Alexandrina Plantation reserve so work can now begin on repairing these boxes ready for erecting in the autumn.

  • The bridle path was again swept clean.
  • The final...

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We had 12 volunteers for this morning’ session.

Apart from undertaking the usual litter collection on both the reserves, the rest of the group concentrated on clearing all the dead bracken, bramble 2023-01b and other vegetation from alongside the hedge on the Markham Rd reserve. 2023-01a This will allow the lig...

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Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.

Featured in this issue:

  • Working Sessions Report October to December 2022
  • Green Flag Community Award 2023/2024

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The newsletters are added to the website a few weeks after paid members receive their copies,...

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Today we had 9 members this morning and all the scheduled jobs were completed.

These jobs were:

  • Clearing the really muddy section at the bottom end of the bridleway which wasn’t dealt with last month. 2022-12b
  • Replacing the rest of the edging to the footpath alongside the wildflower area near the S...

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Notes of AGM meeting on 7th November 2022 held at 7.30pm at Bramcote Memorial Hall.

Attendance

Chair: HL

Committee present: JA, JH, SS, EC (Treasurer), NW (Secretary/ minutes)

Total in attendance: 16

The meeting was quorate.

Matters arising from the last AGM

  • Fire beaters: suggested c...

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We had 9 members this morning and the jobs completed were as follows:

  • 120 wild daffodil bulbs were planted on Alexandrina Plantation in the perennial wildflower area. 2022-11a

  • Two trees on the Markham Rd reserve were cut down and cleared. One had fallen across a path and the other was just being...

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