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It is with great sadness that we must announce the death of Joy Monk after a long illness. Joy was the widow of Dennis Monk after whom Monk's Wood is named in acknowledgement of his service as a former chairman of WREN. The name itself, the Monk Oak, our keystone tree facing the main threshold, and a bench are three tokens of the esteem in which Dennis was held by his family, friends and colleagues.
Joy became an enthusiastic supporter with a keen interest in both the project and the people. Memorably she played a central role at the Grand Opening of Monks Wood in May 2011 and kept in regular touch with NWT exchanging many letters with Susie Mendel. Recently she made a donation to support a project with 100 buckthorn bushes planted in five locations to attract more brimstone butterflies. Her last visit to Monks Wood was on 1st June 2019 when she and her son and daughter, Simon and Helen, attended Monks Wood's 10th birthday party. |
Planting East and West Copse, PC Wood, Police HQ Nettleham 29/01 & 5/2/2022
We are delighted that about 2,500 new trees have been planted in the village, courtesy of the Police HQ with trees from LCC's Treescapes Fund - more photos HERE
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WORK ON MONKS WOOD'S NORTH WOOD PATH IMPROVEMENTS
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The path from Dunholme Beck through the North Wood to our ‘Humber bridge’ will be closed for several months FROM MONDAY 17 JANUARY.
Photo taken on 4th February 2021
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In January 2022, the level of the path from the 'Humber Bridge" was raised by a metre. Along the edges of the path, channels have been shaped into a series of ponds which will hold the water in winter.
When the ground has dried out, hopefully in early spring, the path will be rolled and grass seed sown. Along the damp edges, a wildflower seed mixture suitable for clay and wet soils will be sown. We hope that these improvements will alleviate future flooding from the ditch and make North Wood more accessible to visitors in winter. It will take a few months for the grass seed to grow before the path can be re-opened for public access. We thank you for your patience. NWT would like to thank Lincolnshire County Council's Community Wildlife Grant and Localgiving's Magic Little Grants for generously funding the flooding alleviation project in North Wood. 
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Please remember that Ashing Lane Nature Reserve was created to protect nature.
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Dogs should be on a lead - there may be sheep in the meadows and wildlife such as deer and ground nesting birds should not be disturbed.
Keep dogs out of the ponds and lake. There are bins for dog waste in the car park and near the main entrance into South Wood |
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... and PLEASE take your rubbish home
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A big thank you
Nettleham Woodland Trust has received two donations of £500 each from the Gusto Community Fund. We were nominated by two visitors to Ashing Lane Nature Reserve. We thank them, Gusto and the Collingham Community Trust.
Lincoln Lottery
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A Wildlife Tower for Ashing Lane Nature Reserve
07/05/21 Update:
A very warm thank you to the all of the generous contributors to this project - it has been fully funded and is planned to go ahead during this year - look out for updates! |
Our new habitat creation scheme
Our crowdfunding for this project has been successful and we will build a Wildlife Tower which will provide homes for all kinds of birds, butterflies and beasties, based on this lovely design from the Barn Owl Trust. Their first tower "has been occupied by at least four species of bat including Lesser Horseshoe, over-wintering butterflies and other invertebrates, Little Owl, Kestrel and Barn Owl nesting simultaneously as well as House Sparrow and other small birds. House Sparrow is Red Listed as a Species of Conservation Concern, Kestrel and Barn Owl are Amber Listed." We HAVE RAISED £4000 for materials and we will build it with our very own hands! This project has also been generously supported by Lincolnshire Life magazine who are celebrating their 60th year, and have included ALNR in an article in their April issue of the magazine (pages 120-3). |
10/11/21 Update:
Planning permission has been granted - we are looking forward to starting the build soon - more details as we progress
Planning permission has been granted - we are looking forward to starting the build soon - more details as we progress
Now installed..
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https://www.thebikestoragecompany.co.uk/product/the-toastrack-cycle-rack/
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NETTLEHAM WOODLAND
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Also in lockdown, because we enjoy going on a walk there we decided to raise some money for the trust. We chose to walk around the Close we live on and ask for some sponsors from our neighbours and friends and family. We thought it would be a good idea to do it on VE day which is why we decided to do 75 laps, this was about 5km. Lots of our neighbours came out to support us on this journey and to enjoy their afternoon tea . We had our VE day afternoon tea on our front garden in between doing all the walking.
After we did this Bertie was very tired, I was a bit tired too. In the end we raised £309. Thank you to Freddie and Bertie and well done! |
Close encounter... Ashing Lane Nature Reserve resident meets a young visitor
Susie took this amazing photo at Coop Lake on Christmas morning.
The Monk Oak Bench June 2019 |
Now installed, with thanks to our sponsors
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A Forester's Jottings Rod Newborough is the Woodland Advisor for Nettleham Woodland Trust. A professional forester for half a century he has gathered together collection of short stories which he has published in this booklet " A Forester's Jottings"
A unique insight into the life of a forester and excellent value at £3.00 a copy, inclusive P&P. All proceeds to NWT. Order your copy through Paypal... |
Drone footage of ALNR - summer 2018
With thanks to Richard Ball and Stuart Dallas.
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Clean It Up!
There are a few visitors to Ashing Lane Nature Reserve who do not TAKE THEIR LITTER HOME, but there are other wonderful folk who help us to keep ALNR such a wonderful place to visit and to them a very big THANK YOU! |
29 April 2017
Chris Williams has been looking closely at the drone footage that Mark has shot, and has done some research about some of the details revealed:
"Back in the day, I was a historian and of course read about making discoveries of ancient sites by the use of aerial photography to show old lines in arable fields. Well, it also works down Ashing Lane without a lot of sunshine, although what I can see is neither medieval nor Roman nor Iron Age.
The best example is at 38 seconds on [the] latest film, where there is a good view of South Wood. The hedges dividing Monks Wood from Coop Wood (left … or east) and Watts Wood (right or west) are obvious, but there are also two more north-south dividing lines, roughly from top to bottom either side of the South Glade.
These date back to the Dunholme Tithe Award of 1844. If I am right
- the right-hand third was numbered 79, It was known as Hardings Meadow, owned by Edward Watson and farmed by Thomas Moffatt. It was 7 acres, 1 rood and 1 perch in area.
- the other two sections were both numbered 78. They were known as Far Hardings, owned by Eliza Dixon and farmed by John Morris. They were 10 acres, 3 rood and 8 perch in area.
All three were described as ‘Meadow'."
Chris Williams has been looking closely at the drone footage that Mark has shot, and has done some research about some of the details revealed:
"Back in the day, I was a historian and of course read about making discoveries of ancient sites by the use of aerial photography to show old lines in arable fields. Well, it also works down Ashing Lane without a lot of sunshine, although what I can see is neither medieval nor Roman nor Iron Age.
The best example is at 38 seconds on [the] latest film, where there is a good view of South Wood. The hedges dividing Monks Wood from Coop Wood (left … or east) and Watts Wood (right or west) are obvious, but there are also two more north-south dividing lines, roughly from top to bottom either side of the South Glade.
These date back to the Dunholme Tithe Award of 1844. If I am right
- the right-hand third was numbered 79, It was known as Hardings Meadow, owned by Edward Watson and farmed by Thomas Moffatt. It was 7 acres, 1 rood and 1 perch in area.
- the other two sections were both numbered 78. They were known as Far Hardings, owned by Eliza Dixon and farmed by John Morris. They were 10 acres, 3 rood and 8 perch in area.
All three were described as ‘Meadow'."
Biodiversity
We like to record the different plants, birds and animals seen at our woodlands, please see the detailed pages in the ALNR menu for more information.
