Josh demonstrates

The undercut method, whilst pruning an overgrown laurel.

Sunday morning at eastham country park.

New signs and interpretive panels go in at Eastham Country Park

Duke of Edinburgh`s Award at Eastham Country Park

Molly and Charlotte
 D of E
 Service at Eastham Country Park

Giving Victor the Scarecrow his yearly makeover.
Victor said " The girls have done me proud, I haven't felt this good in ages"

Thursday Task Day at Eastham Country Park

Thursday Conservation Volunteers (left to right) Josh and Garry join Countryside Apprentice Cheryl to install one of the 12 new way marker sign in the woods at Eastham Country Park.

Oak Apples in the Winter at Eastham Country Park

Oak apple or oak gall is the common name for a large, round, vaguely apple-like gall commonly found on many species of oak. Oak apples range in size from 2–5 cm in diameter and are caused by chemicals injected by the larva of certain kinds of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae.^[1] The adult female wasp lays single eggs in developing leaf buds. The wasp larvae feed on the gall tissue resulting from their secretions. Considerable confusion exists in the general 'literature' between the oak apple and the oak marble gall. The oak marble is frequently called the oak apple due to the superficial resemblance and the preponderance of the oak marble gall in the wild. Other galls found on oak trees include the Oak artichoke galland the Acorn cup gall, but each of these has its own distinctive form .(Text Courtesy of Wikipedia)

On the banks of the Mersey at Eastham Country Park