Task Details 2018-2019
The winter season is now over, the programme for the next season will be published around the end of July.
Each site has the initials of the managing organisation in square brackets after the name. The initials are:
WWT - Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, WT - Woodland Trust,
NT - National Trust, NE - Natural England
Click on the site name to see details of the site. Click on the meeting point to see it on a map.
| 1 | RAVENSROOST WOOD [WWT] - Malmesbury | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | SU023877 SN16 9RN The car park at the southern side of the wood. |
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| Leader | Richard Aisbitt 01793 694680 | |
| Dates | A 18th November B 25th November C 16th December D 20th January E 17th February F 17th March | |
| 2 | THE FIRS [WWT] - Royal Wootton Bassett | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | SU047864 SN5 0AJ On the north side of Wood Lane running between the B4042 and B4606. Park on verge by the Entrance Gate. |
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| Leader | Richard Aisbitt 01793 694680 | |
| Dates | A 7th October B 28th October C 27th January D 24th February | |
| 3 | CLOUTS WOOD [WWT] - Wroughton | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | SU135800 SN4 9JS Meet at the lay-by on the A4361 Swindon to Avebury road just south of Wroughton. We will walk through the Markham Banks WWT reserve to reach the wood. The entrance track to Markham is 100m downhill from the lay-by. We may be able to park closer to the wood on Wroughton Aerodrome (SU138794); check with the leader before the task. |
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| Leader | Richard Aisbitt 01793 694680 | |
| Dates | A 30th September B 4th November C 9th December D 13th January E 10th February F 3rd March | |
| 4 | PENN WOOD [WWT] - Calne | |
| Activity | Path management | |
| Meeting Place | SU012728 SN11 8RU From Calne town centre take Oxford road towards Swindon and turn right onto High Penn track (before the A3102 roundabout); from A3102 north of Calne, take the ‘Town Centre Only’ road at the roundabout, then turn left onto High Penn track. Follow the track uphill to the car park. |
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| Leader | Richard Aisbitt 01793 694680 | |
| Dates | A 11th November B 6th January | |
| 5 | RAMSBURY MEADOWS [WWT] - Marlborough | |
| Activity | Scrub clearance | |
| Meeting Place | SU273714 SN8 2PD Park in the High Street, Ramsbury. The reserve entrance is from the path on the left side of the Fire Station. |
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| Leader | Laurie Lovelace 01672 564399 | |
| Dates | A 2nd December | |
| 6 | HAM HILL [WWT] - Hungerford | |
| Activity | Scrub clearance | |
| Meeting Place | SU334616 SN8 3RG From the A338 Burbage to Hungerford road turn towards Shalbourne and Ham. Go through Ham heading south. The reserve is on the left side of the road around ¾ mile outside of the village. Continue along the road up the hill and take the next left turn, park here on the verge of the road to Buttermere. |
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| Leader | Laurie Lovelace 01672 564399 | |
| Dates | A 21st October B 3rd February | |
| 7 | JONES'S MILL [WWT] - Pewsey | |
| Activity | Wetland Management | |
| Meeting Place | SU170610 SN9 5JN From Pewsey centre, take the High Street (B3087) towards Milton Lilbourne and Burbage. Outside of Pewsey, turn left down Dursden Lane, just before a white cottage. Cross over the railway bridge and reserve entrance is on left with a small parking area. |
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| Leader | Laurie Lovelace 01672 564399 | |
| Dates | A From 19th September, every Wednesday until the end of 17th April 2019. | |
| 8 | CLANGER WOOD [WT] - Yarnbrook | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | ST873538 BA13 4LL The entrance to the wood is on the A350, ¾ mile south of Yarnbrook roundabout. Meet at the main gate. |
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| Leader | Barbara Stiddard 01373 865060 | |
| Dates | A Every other Wednesday until the end of March 2019. Due to the delay in the opening of the woods, we will not be working at this site this season. However there will be tasks at Biss Wood instead. |
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| 9 | BLACKMOOR COPSE [WWT] - Salisbury | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | SU232289 SP5 1AF Southeast of Farley, from the junction with Livery Road go ¼ mile along Ben Lane, the gate into the reserve is on the right. Go through the gate and follow the gravel track to the end. |
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| Leader | Rod Poynting 01722 322236 | |
| Dates | A 13th October B 10th November C 8th December D 26th January E 23rd February | |
| F The first Tuesday of every month. | ||
| 10 | MIDDLETON DOWN [WWT] - Wilton | |
| Activity | Scrub clearance | |
| Meeting Place | SU041254 SP5 5DW In Broad Chalke, turn down 'The Causeway' opposite the Queen's Head pub and the car park is 230 yards on the right, just after the bridge. |
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| Leader | Rod Poynting 01722 322236 | |
| Dates | A 27th October B 9th February | |
| 11 | COOMBE BISSETT DOWN [WWT] - Salisbury | |
| Activity | Scrub clearance | |
| Meeting Place | SU112257 SP5 4NA From the A354 at Coombe Bissett turn south on to the Homington road. Turn right up Pennings Drove just before the Coombe Fellowship. The gate into the reserve is a short distance up the hill on the right. |
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| Leader | Rod Poynting 01722 322236 | |
| Dates | A 29th September B 17th November C 15th December D 19th January | |
| 12 | PEPPERBOX HILL [NT] - Salisbury | |
| Activity | Scrub clearance | |
| Meeting Place | SU211248 SP5 3QL Park in NT car park off A36 Salisbury to Southampton road, about 4 miles south of Salisbury. |
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| Leader | Rod Poynting 01722 322236 | |
| Dates | A 6th October B 3rd November C 5th January D 2nd February | |
| 13 | BISS WOOD [WWT] - Trowbridge | |
| Activity | Woodland management | |
| Meeting Place | Please contact the task leader for details | |
| Leader | Barbara Stiddard 01373 865060 | |
| Dates | A From 3rd October, every Wednesday until the end of March 2019. | |
Our Task Leaders
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| Richard Aisbitt | Laurie Lovelace | Jenny Amor | Barbara Stiddard | Rod Poynting | Tony Luscombe |
