The Captain’s Wood & Chesham Bois Conservation Group, working in partnership with a number of interested parties is striving to evolve and implement a woodland management plan to enhance this popular beech wood on the outskirts of Chesham to ensure its long term survival as a local nature reserve and well-loved resource. Meeting place: Sports Ground off Mount Nugent New volunteers welcome. For more information please contact the work party organiser.
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North Chilterns Conservation Volunteers "North Chilterns Conservation Volunteers are one of the Chiltern Society's 'roving' wildlife conservation groups. We work on a variety of wildlife sites across the North Chilterns supporting our partners in practical habitat management works from grassland and woodland management to invasive species control and access improvements. Training, tools and equipment is provided and all welcome so please get in touch if you would like come along or find out a bit more.
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Meet at the Red Lion Pub in Dagnall HP4 1QZ. Park in the rear pub car park if staying for lunch. A 6 mile walk up to Beacon Hill (Ivinghoe Beacon) via Gallows Hill then along the Ridgeway to Crawley Wood and at Duncombe Terrace turning back down to Dagnall. If a clear day there should be some good views. Could be a bit muddy especially on the climb to Beacon Hill. Landranger 165 GR 990164 CS Map 19
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John Tyler talks on the main changes that have shaped the wildlife and landscape of the Chilterns over millions of years. There will be a £3 charge at the door for this event. We hold indoor meetings from 10.30am to 12.30pm in the Lounge at the Amersham Community Centre in Chiltern Ave, Amersham new town, HP6 5AH. Free parking is available at weekends in the nearby Council Offices car park to the south of the Centre on the south side…
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Meet on the common at Cholesbury by the Full Moon HP5 2UH. Parking is available in the pub car park for those having lunch there, otherwise park on the roadside. Cholesbury is at the westerly end of the picturesque Hawridge Common which is near Chesham. This 5 mile walk, which takes in an ancient fort and a section of Grim’s Ditch, is relatively flat with two modest inclines (total ascent 220ft) and no stiles. Explorer 181 GR 936070 CS Map…
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The Wendover Woods Conservation Group, working in partnership with the Forestry Commission, BBOWT, and other conservation groups in the Chilterns, carry out a wide range of woodland conservation tasks from tree planting to woodland thinning and footpath enhancement to invasive species management to help enhance the conservation value and access opportunities on a wide range of sites. Meeting place: Various - to be confirmed New volunteers welcome. Contact John Rennie at john_rennie@btopenworld.com or 07880 363546.
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