Today we went back to the woodland pathway to clear some of the dangerous overhanging willow crushing the sloe thicket tunnel and other fallen willows obstructing the pathway. In addition we started some preliminary balsam bashing to keep it at bay from this area. The volunteers worked really hard all […]
Ten Acres Restoration
Volunteers continue to work on the river bank clearing excess dead layers and fallen crack willow that has built up and caused so much destruction of the normal growth of the river bank on this section. We had a lovely cuppa in the sunshine of course with added biscuits! AND […]
This week volunteers took to the river bank by Sloe Bridge to begin work clearing the layers of dead entangled with the important live dogwood saplings and native field maple. It was hard work as layer upon layer had built up due to several massive crack willows having fallen down […]
This week we continued working on the river bank at the top end of ten acres in Stirchley. There was a lot of built of deadwood in this area blocking the view and the flight paths of birds and causing blockages in the river. The team began work relocating some […]
Work on the river bank of the river rea begins in the top section of Ten Acres this week with volunteers working hard to restore the wooded area thanks to funding from the Selly Oak NNS fund. You’ll find us there every Tuesday 10-2, so please do come along and […]
Today, thanks to funding by the Selly Oak NNS fund we were on site in Ten Acres working our way down the River Rea (starting from the Bourn intersection). We litter picked the river and its immediate banks and managed to gather enough litter for 4 cartloads (plus one very […]
Huzzah! We are super pleased to announce that Ten Acres restoration work will commence in 2022 thanks to the funding of the Selly Oak NNS fund! We will be holding regular weekly volunteering sessions in Ten Acres on the park side, working on restoring the view of the river, cleaning […]
