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Jun 16 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG - Woodland Task - Balsam Bashing Begins
Jul 14 2012 @ 13:30
West Chiltington Village Show - West Chiltington Recreation Ground
Jul 21 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG - Woodland Task - Balsam Bashing - last chance!
Aug 18 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG Woodland Task - Stream Clearance
Sep 15 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG - Woodland Task - Heathland Restoration
Oct 20 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG - Woodland Task Moss raking & seed scattering
Nov 16 2012 @ 10:00
MWVG - Woodland Task - Heathland Restoration Project
LATEST NEWS

 

 M.W.V.G May Woodland Task - new wood chip pathway is almost completed!

We've almost finished constructing the new wood chip pathway through the SSSI area (Site of Special Scientific Interest) which is great news as this will help to preserve this site.  We did take some photos of the volunteer group's work and we think you'll agree that it was an amazing morning's work - keep an eye on the website for the photos which are coming soon.

 


 Woodland Safari and Woodland Walk - was a great success - here a just a few of the pupils from West Chiltington Community School who joined Amanda Apps for a morning discovering the woodland.  We're looking forward to our next safari in 2012!

Group Photo May 2012Himalayan Balsam ....some good news here too - we're working closely with The Sussex Wildlife Trust and providing other local bodies with valuable pieces of information that outlines where the  worst areas in the woodland are invaded in the hope of finally eradicating this invasive species - please see our Spring/Summer Newsletter for more information!

Woodland Survey soon underway! We'll also be joined by some of the Friends of Warnham Nature Reserve who are going to help us to start to catalogue some of the wild flower species that are living in Monkmead Wood - this has never been accomplished before so we can't wait to see what we find!

  


  Newsletter 2012Our SPRING/SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2012 is now ready!.    

 

Do take a look at our Newsletters section to find out what your Tree Warden has been up to during 2011 together with our last 2011/2012 Winter Newsletter . You will find examples of a Symbiotic relationship taking place right under your nose together with some exciting new projects that we're hoping to get underway in Monkmead Wood really soon 

 

 

 


 If you would like to know more about what we are up to in West Chiltington, or perhaps might be interested in joining our monthly volunteer group that helWestchilt logo 2ps to protect the future of the heathland in Monkmead Wood.

Please telephone Amanda (West Chiltington Tree Warden) on (01798) 813229 or drop us a line by e-mail at info@monkmeadwoods.co.uk

Have you found anything ?

interesting or unusual in your local woodlands ?

or perhaps seen anything that might be of interest to people in the village and surrounding areas ? Let us know and we'll try to find a place here on the site so others can find out what's going on 'around our patch'


Going Global
When we think about global processes there's a tendency to forget about what's happening on our very own doorsteps and to focus our thoughts on much larger areas such as the Amazon Rainforest.
 
But the trees in Monkmead Wood are playing a critical part in one particular global process that is essential to all life on this planet - and that's the global water cycle.
 
In this cycle we can find water in many different states, from a solid, to a liquid and even as a vapour.
 
The process by which the trees in Monkmead Wood play an essential part in the global water cycle is by the evaporation of moisture from their leaves, a process which is called Transpiration - it is also a process which keeps trees cool in summer. 
 
There are tiny pores positioned on the underside of the trees' leaves (called stomata) which  enable this process to take place.
 
Although Monkmead Wood may seem to be a small woodland (compared to some) it's trees are hard at work playing a major part on the planet's global stage of woodland processes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monkmead Wood Volunteer Group and West Chiltington Woodlands

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