About Us
We want to build a community of supporters and volunteers to help us preserve, restore and manage the wood as a permanent wildlife sanctuary.
Ownership
Oxfordshire Badger Group is small registered charity that promotes the conservation and protection of badgers and their habitats across Oxfordshire.
We were invited to buy the Copse in August 2022. We aim to ensure the copse is managed as a natural haven, protected from development.
Access
Access is by invitation only. There are no paths or public rights of way through the wood.
Public safety is a key consideration. The copse is steep and slippery in places with many fallen branches, nettles, dense brambles, and other hazards.
We are not liable for the safety of any trespassers.
Work
Our management plan priorities are to:
- establish safe paths
- professional ecology and tree surveys
- Scythe the glade
- succession planting
- recruit supporters & engage with the community