Thursday 8th January 2026 - Anton Crescent Wetland was the destination for today's turnout of volunteers.
Preparing for the bad weather to be moving in by 2pm, the squad wasted no time as they set about a day of felling and hedge-laying.
With a division of the team felling Willow and Alder from the pond margin the remainder concentrated their efforts on the hedge line at the top of the sloping site, removing dead wood that hadn't survived the laying process, laying newer growth and thinning out some of the older Blackthorn to let the new growth thrive.
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - It was the first taskday of the New Year and the slightly smaller team were joined by the Volunteer Tree Wardens on this chilly day.
Working at the Community Woodland, the super sized contingent spent the day coppicing more Hazel in the selected coop to aid regeneration and let more light bring out any dormant wild flowers waiting below.
Tuesday 23rd December 2025 - The last taskday of 2025 finally arrived with the traditional thermal disposal of the harvested Blackthorn on Roundshaw Downs.
As a large turnout of a team arrived at the chilly expanse they were glad to get the fire burning to counter the cold, rapidly going through the material gathered from last Tuesday and Sunday and even adding a bit more as the activity got underway.
The final before and after pics show the stretch of Blackthorn tackled this year, from when the team arrived on Tuesday 16th and left at the end of today.
Sunday 21st December - Today's small but determined team assembled to tackle the remaining section of blackthorn, left by Tuesday's volunteers. A great way to conclude a year of Sunday Task Days at Roundshaw Downs.
Thursday 18th December 2025 - Today's task ended up being a test of endurance for the volunteers as they spent a soggy morning battling vegetation at Queen Marys Woodland.
Descending into the North-Eastern tip of the central woodland the light spitting rain matured to a steadier heavy bombardment as the day wore on.
With minimal shelter from the towering leafless deciduous tree's the team soaked up all they could take as they felled clusters of self-seeded Sycamore's, cleared a couple of bags worth of litter and significantly pushed back a tide of Bramble to rescue Tree whips planted about two years ago.
