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It’s our regular last Saturday of the month Open Day tomorrow, from 1.00 to 4.00 pm Having tried out the rubber dinghy donated by a very generous Forest Hill business owner this Tuesday, we will be making another attempt to clear the duckweed from the deep end of the pond - help scooping the stuff u ...

... it won't, hopefully be too much of a surprise that we're having an Open Day, because for the last few years we've been opening up the reserve on the last Saturday of the month, 1.00 - 4.00 except in winter. And except for last month, when unexpectedly all of our Friends group had other ...

We like to open the Dacres Wood Nature Reserve the last Saturday of each month, but sadly we can't do so tomorrow. Really sorry about this, because there are lots of other good things happening at the reserve.

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This coming Saturday, from 1 pm to 4 pm, is the first opportunity in 2017 for everyone from the community to look round this local nature reserve, https://se23.life/uploads/default/optimized/2X/7/7e6181b667198d6810b8284716b9711d4fb6de3b_1_375x500.jpg with its large pond, incorporating one of the ...

Starting from the Dacres Wood Field Study centre, at end of newly resurfaced Honeyfield Mews, off Dacres Road. It will last between one and two hours. We should see a good range of our local birds, maybe including this notable resident of Dacres Wood from last year's walk http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp ...

Anyone want to help with some conservation volunteering, or taking photos tomorrow?

Looking forwards to seeing you

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Last Tuesday of January!

There are going to be more opportunities to visit this our local nature reserve in 2017. As well as our regular "last Saturday" Open Days, from April, which are an opportunity to visit,and look round at your leisure, the Friends are also organising some regular conservation volunteering ...

Don't know if anyone saw this on BBC Breakfast yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3fKxb6Mcz0 Anyway, GoodGym were also in action at Dacres Wood yesterday, where six volunteers turned up to help us clear reeds from the pond https://gg-api.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/photo/image/32378/carousel ...

Richard Jones – a.k.a. Bugman Jones https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/666930755709362176/o-jaOWtO_400x400.jpg will be in Dacres Wood this Saturday from 10.00 to 4.30, showing how to be a “curious entomologist” As he explains: Insects are everywhere. They are so many, and so varied — fascinating, b ...

It's our August Open Day coming up, and another great opportunity for some blackberrying this amazing local wood



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2016 Blackberry day! – August 27th

From 1-4pm Dacres Wood will be open for our regular last Saturday of the month Open Day. Dani will be organising an arts themed activity for kids, in anticipation of Dacres Wood being a major venue for the Sydenham Visual Arts Trail the following two weekends. Visitors to the Open Day may have a ...

http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/teddy-bears-picnic-poster-2016.jpg Claire’s organising another of her ever popular Teddy Bear picnics for our May Open Day this Saturday – with an earlier start time to encourage families to come for lunch with a picnic. We’re also thinking about a ...

We’ve got our April open day coming up this Saturda, April 30th – 1.00 pm to 4.00, so everyone welcome to have a look round. The reserve is looking very spring like, but the paths are still flooded. We can lend wellies, and in kids sizes too. (If you don't know where we are, we’re at the end of Honey ...

We’ve got our April open day coming up this Saturda, April 30th – 1.00 pm to 4.00, so everyone welcome to have a look round. The reserve is looking very spring like, but the paths are still flooded. We can lend wellies, and in kids sizes too. (If you don't know where we are, we’re at the end of Honey ...

Sadly, Sparticus, Sparrowhawks appear to be a bit Nimbyish - it's probably in their genes :D Sparrowhawks require woodland, or at least a small clump of trees, for nesting. Their territories are well spaced - pairs do not tolerate another nest close by. The distance between each nest varies ranges ...

That's sparrowhawks for you

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This Saturday, from 1.00 to 4.00, is our first “last Saturday of the month” Open Day at Dacres Wood Nature Reserve of 2016. http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12729148_537803536380152_6555292642539217811_n-768x576.jpg Local Mum Dani is organising a frogspawn themes Easter egg hunt, a ...

One chilly sparrowhawk http://dacreswood.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-13-16-2016/SparrowHawk.jpg According to Paul, leading the walk, if it hadn't been cold and misty, it wouldn't have stayed perched up there, offering us all a good view - and my first actual sighting of one. Moving on to Mayow ...

We had a good bird walk this morning, the highlight probably seeing a sparrow hawk perched high up in one of the Turkey oaks in Dacres Wood. We also had some lovely clear views of green woodpeckers - three of them - on one of the ancient oaks in Mayow Park. Hopefully photos to come. We also heard ...

Just a bump for our bird walk Sunday March 13th, starting at the reserve at 7.30, then going into Mayow Park, and finishing back at the Field Studies centre, where there are kettles to make some hot drings. Welcome to join us any time - I'll be tweeting from @dacreswood with #dacresmayowbirds to say ...