The working party on 20th May cleared the obstruction created by contractor’s brash last winter, so it is now possible to walk again between Justice Hill and the Yellow Trail. The gap frames one of the pollarded hornbeams.
Clear to go!
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Trail camera
The Friends group has bought a trail camera to investigate wildlife activity in the wood. Here is one of the first results showing a fox.
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First Bluebells of the spring
There’s a quiet spot in the wood where every year the bluebells appear before the mass in the rest of the wood.
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A surprise along Middle Way
While walking along Middle Way on last week’s Friday work party, this slow worm appeared on the path. Also, we saw a Holly Blue butterfly there. While this is a common butterfly and is frequently seen in Cuffley’s domestic gardens, it is far less often noted in the Great Wood.
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Recent sightings in the Wood
Green Veined White
Song Thrush
Speckled Wood
Meadow Brown
Scorpion Fly
Ringlet
Large Skipper
Waiting for lunch…
Peacock
Silver washed frittilary
Gatekeeper
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June 2015 – Spectacular display of Foxgloves purple, pink and white. Picture (taken on my ‘phone) doesn’t do it justice
Foxgloves
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One year on…
Yes it’s been a while since this blog had any postings. Out this afternoon monitoring the butterflies: not as many as I’d hoped, but the following were seen: Orange Tip, Brimstone, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
Peacock on Middle Way.
There seemed to be quite a few Buzzards in the woods which were disturbed as I walked by. I suppose they wouldn’t be there if there wasn’t something edible nearby.
Buzzard in the Sweet Chestnut glade at the end of the transect.
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End April
Now the ground is a lot drier but still sticky in some places, compare with previous post
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January/February 2014
Wood very wet and all streams swollen. Pictures (top) looking south at bridge over Rowbourne Brook on Blue Trail and (below) looking east 
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St Jude’s Storm 28th October 2013
This widely predicted storm caused plenty of work for the group, blocking many paths and leaving a good deal of clearing up which has taken up many of our recent work parties.
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