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Litter Clean Up 10:00 am on Saturday 5th September 2026 saw a gathering of volunteers in Birch Drive. Today the plan was to have a general tidy up and remove any litter or other rubbish within the woodland. The group of 9 volunteers consisted of members of the Maryburgh of both the Community Woodland Group,… Read more: 5 September 2026 – Tidy Up Day

You may remember that last September we were delighted to welcome Mary, the Moth Recorder for Butterfly Conservation in this area, to a moth survey. We were pleased that Mary came along to this survey and joined our 5 group members. We put out 3 different moth traps in 2 locations in Birch Drive. At… Read more: Moth Count – Friday 24th to Saturday 25th July 2026

This was a really busy session. We had 12 volunteers, which meant that we could split up, temporarily, into different groups. 1 – Tree Succession Planning We are very aware that the trees in the Memory Tree section of the woodland are getting quite old and, as time goes by, we are at risk of… Read more: Clean-Up Day 4 July 2026

As part of Gala week the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group organised a Den Building competition on Tuesday 16 June 2026.  After the success of last year we wondered if we would have as many people turn up this year. We thought we couldn’t get more people. How wrong we were! We had a slight increase… Read more: MCWG Den Building Competition 2026

Moth Survey The May Clean up day didn’t start as normal on the Saturday Morning, but started the evening before. On Friday the 8th May a moth survey was prepared with 3 moth traps to be used. Two traps were supplied by Mary, the county recorder for Butterfly Conservation, with a third moth trap supplied… Read more: Clean-Up Day, May 2026

Clean-Up Day, April 2026 The first Saturday of April 2026 was also Easter Saturday so we weren’t sure if many volunteers would be able to attend, especially as there was a storm forecast for the afternoon. However, we didn’t need to be concerned as we had 11 volunteers. We were really happy to welcome a… Read more: Clean-Up Day, April 2026