Friends of Coldfall Wood & Muswell Hill Playing Fields
Sunday 10 January 2021 Meet: 10:30 Finishes: 14:00 Join us at the majestic Coldfall Wood for some woodland management. Due to covid-19, group sizes are limited. Therefore BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. If you just show up you will be turned away. For further info and booking, contact Jon Coelho, jon.coelho@tcv.org.uk, (07887624866). Volunteers must be 18 and over, or contact […]
Tuesday 5 January 2021. 10:00 to 15:00. We have a whole range of woodland management tasks to carry out at Coldfall. Come and join us! Due to covid-19, group sizes are limited. Therefore BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. If you just show up you will be turned away. For further info and booking, contact Mat at m.pendergast@tcv.org.uk […]
At present our activities are suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Please sign up to our newsletter for the latest news, including events. TCV Haringey is continuing its programme of practical conservation work days. Contact them for more information.
Coppicing in Coldfall Woods will now begin on Friday 31st, and horses will be at work on Saturday so please come along then. If you’d like to volunteer during the 3 weeks coppicers will be in the woods, please email us and we will put you in touch.
Coppicing with the aid of horses will soon take place in Coldfall Wood.
Due to the recent spell of dry weather, Coldfall Woods are at higher risk of fire damage than usual Please do not light fires in Coldfall Woods, however small. We have had incidents of ground fire in the past that has been a real threat. Arson is a serious offence and is always dealt with […]
Haringey have recently secured £3K to improve the paths in Coldfall Wood, focussing on the muddy areas by the bridges and boardwalks but also the drainage issues on the new path at Lover’s Lawn. The key areas for improvement are the muddy slopes either side of the first bridge downstream of the reed beds. TCV […]
Wetland Evolution As the wetland around the new boardwalk has evolved, some very attractive water plants are appearing as part of the process of the natural evolution of the area. Ducks and moorhens have even been spotted making their homes there. However, a number of trees have died as a result of water-logging. Dead tree felling Haringey […]
As you may be aware, many of our woodland and forest sites are being infected by a rampant disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea. Ash makes up 30% of UK’s indigenous woodland and it’s affect could be as dramatic as Dutch elm disease in the 70s and 80s. Although it consists mainly oak and […]
A big thank you to everyone who made our Woodland Fun Day such a success. Here are some images from the event:
