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We are a community group working with West End Parish Council to help maintain this lovely area of woodland for the enjoyment of local residents and visitors and to ensure it remains a haven for our wildlife.

One of the large pines came down recently on the edge of the copse at Duddon Close. This is being dealt with by West E...
05/10/2026

One of the large pines came down recently on the edge of the copse at Duddon Close. This is being dealt with by West End Parish Council groundsmen.

29/09/2026

Next 'Action Morning': Saturday 31st October (9.30-11am)
Our next 'Action Morning' will be held on Saturday, 31st October. Normal arrangements - 9.30am meet up at the Ullswater Avenue entrance to the copse (opposite Barle Close). Tasks for volunteers to undertake will include litter-picking, cutting back of foliage along footpaths, clearing leaves from paths and steps and more. If you are joining us please wear suitable footwear and bring protective gloves with you. Tools are supplied. We will be pleased to see you if you have some time to spare.
Drop us a line at: [email protected] for more details or just turn up on the day. 🙂

24/08/2026

Next 'Action Morning': Saturday 12th September (9.30-11am)
Our next 'Action Morning' will be held on Saturday, 12th September. Normal arrangements - 9.30am meet up at the Ullswater Avenue entrance to the copse (opposite Barle Close). Tasks for volunteers to undertake will include litter-picking, cutting back of foliage along footpaths, clearing leaves from paths and steps and more. If you are joining us please wear suitable footwear and bring protective gloves with you. Tools are supplied. We will be pleased to see you if you have some time to spare.
Drop us a line at: [email protected] for more details or just turn up on the day. 🙂

24/08/2026

Next 'Action Morning' - Saturday, 12th September (9.30-11.00am)
Volunteers meet at the Ullswater Avenue entrance to the copse (opposite Barle Close). 🙂

The number of volunteers coming along to our work party on Saturday was amazing. In addition to many of our regular vol...
27/07/2026

The number of volunteers coming along to our work party on Saturday was amazing. In addition to many of our regular volunteers turning up, we welcomed Lisa (one of our local residents) as well as Catherine and her daughter Alexa; and Kirsty and her daughter Beau (who came from slightly further afield), all drawn to join us after reading our posts on Facebook!).
As well as a successful litter-pick, some of the paths were cleared of debris and foliage was cut back. Our new members also helped to build a hurdle at the top of a steep bank designed to deter people away from walking too near the edge of it. A big thank you to all our volunteers - it was a great team effort! And finally, our thanks must go to John for providing yet another marvellous sponge cake to enjoy with our drinks before we disbanded at the end of the session!!

27/07/2026

We definitely have a small colony of parakeets in the copse now. I have heard them over several days but have not seen them until this afternoon when about 10 if them flew overhead . Noisy bunch.
Not sure if they are detrimental to the local wildlife or not or can happily live alongside its existing incumbents.

21/07/2026

Hello everyone... just a reminder that the next Action Morning in the copse takes place this Saturday (25th July).
We will be meeting as usual at 0930hrs at the copse entrance in Ullswater Avenue (opposite Barle Close).
Come and join us if you can spare an hour or two. We won't turn away any extra help! There will be a variety of tasks to carry out and you can choose the one that best suits you.

Into the shade of the copse at 7am this morning. Before the temperature reached 35 degrees!!
25/06/2026

Into the shade of the copse at 7am this morning. Before the temperature reached 35 degrees!!

Quote from The Ramblers:"In England, one in five adults do not have access to green or blue space within 15 minutes' wal...
11/05/2026

Quote from The Ramblers:
"In England, one in five adults do not have access to green or blue space within 15 minutes' walk."
Their new 'Access Denied' campaign aims to drive major changes to policy on paths and access - to open up and expand the path network to serve every community across Britain.
www.ramblers.org.uk or www.ramblers.org.uk/springappeal

Some great work was carried out in the copse at our work party on Saturday 9 May - one of the rotten steps was replaced,...
11/05/2026

Some great work was carried out in the copse at our work party on Saturday 9 May - one of the rotten steps was replaced, some steps were levelled out with more aggregate, a litter-pick was done and foliage was cut back along some of the footpaths.
We are trying to keep on top of the amount of fallen leaves along the footpaths so that come autumn there will be less mud underfoot so the new leaf-blower was made good use of too.
Several visitors to the copse stopped to chat whilst we were working including a couple enjoying a ramble in the copse with a 6-month old baby (Stevie) and her young brother (Arthur); as well as a lady walking her two pet ferrets who were both thoroughly enjoying snuffling around in the dry leaves alongside the footpath (see photo) !🙂

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Ullswater Avenue
Southampton
SO30

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