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Rockingham Forest
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Nature Recovery in Oundle
Hilary describes projects to help nature recover in Oundle - planting native bulbs and erecting nest boxes for Swifts
Hilary Hoyle
Nov 24, 20242 min read
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Origins of Rockingham Forest Vision
Jeremy describes how he came to be one of the four founders of a vision to connect the landscapes, people and wildlife of Rockingham Forest
Jeremy Purseglove
Nov 10, 20244 min read
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Helping Oundle to develop a Nature Recovery Plan
A personal view of how the community Oundle Community have been starting to produce a Parish Nature Recovery Plan
Clive Humphreys
Oct 15, 20246 min read
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Help for King's Cliffe's Wildplaces
Charles reports on how Wildplaces have used the funding they received from RFV's Community Grant Scheme
Charles Tomalin
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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'Bide awhile' project in Cottingham
How the community created an accessible space to relax and enjoy the view with the help of a Community Grant from Rockingham Forest Vision
George West-Robinson
Sep 13, 202410 min read
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Butterfly Conservation's work last winter
All the rich habitat creation carried out by Butterfly Conservation in the winter of 2023-4
Jamie Wildman
May 9, 20243 min read
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The first 10,000 trees are in the ground
Hannah describes some of the highs and lows of planting trees during some of the wettest months on record
Hannah Dunstan
Apr 6, 20244 min read
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Weldon's Liquorice Piercers
Susannah describes work to improve the habitat for a very rare moth in one of Corby's woodland sites
Susannah O'Riordan
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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A wood-chopper would chop wood
How coppicing in Easton Hornstocks is providing a sustainable source of fuel for heating.
Barrie Galpin
Sep 14, 20235 min read
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Volunteering in the Forest
How starting a new volunteering group to work in part of Rockingham Forest gave Annabelle Holland great satisfaction.
Annabelle Holland
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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Stepping back in time with lime
Coppicing the lime woods of Rockingham Forest - the what, why, when and who.
Jemma Cuthbert
Nov 5, 20225 min read
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Making rope from trees
Easton Hornstocks Coppicing Group have been reviving the ancient process of creating cords and rope from the bark of lime trees.
Peter Lloyd Bennett
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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