Bear Wood project announced

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Two acorns rest upon a large oak root

This month the Wytham Woods Team launch a new fundraising campaign, asking for donations not only to support their ongoing conservation and educational aims, but also to fund a new tree-planting project on land bordering the Thames. Named 'Bear Wood' after the hill which rises up alongside, the new woodland habitat will be planted on an area of neglected rank grassland, helping support a much wider range of species.

The Wytham Woods Team are inviting donors to their 2022 campaign to grow their own 'oakling' from a heritage acorn collected from some of Oxfordshire's ancient oak trees, which they will be able to bring back to the Woods to be planted in 2024.

Find out more about the 2022 appeal campaign, and follow our progress by keeping an eye on our social media; Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. We will be posting regular updates about Bear Wood, the fundraising campaign, and our acorn-growing!

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Veteran oaks

Our Prime Tree is probably 350 years old. Our oldest oak - Broad Oak - is probably 680 years old.

Oaks and acorns

Dr Ryan McClory spent three years at Wytham investigating oak masting. This is an unusual feature of the reproductive cycle of certain tree species, including oaks in the UK.

Help us to make a new woodland in November!

The creation of the new Bear Wood will begin in the first week of November 2025, and friends of Wytham Woods can join in at a tree-planting event on Friday 7 November, from 10am to 1pm.