Join us on Sunday 30 September and Sunday 7 October, from 3 pm to 5 pm, for a variety of tasks to suit all abilities. Tools are provided. Please wear boots and old clothes. Meet us by the shed at the start, or come and find us near the back entrance later on.
Summer Work Parties
Join us on Sunday 12 August from 2 pm to 4 pm, for a variety of tasks to suit all abilities. Tools are provided. Please wear boots and old clothes.
Springwatch 2018
On Sunday 20 May: an afternoon of activities for all ages: a wildlife quest, pond dipping, guided walks, story telling, creative writing, etc. 2 pm to 4 pm. Children should wear old clothes and be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Work Parties, Spring 2018
SUNDAY 13 MAY: essential conservation tasks for all abilities. Tools are provided. Please wear boots and old clothes. 2 pm to 4 pm. Rain will not deter us!
May Morning Birdsong Walk, Monday 1 May 2018
Meet us at 7 am on the canal bridge at Aristotle Lane for a one-hour guided walk round the Trap Grounds with ornithologist Tom Evans.
Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 6 March 2018
St Margaret’s Institute, Polstead Road,7.30 pm: Join us for a glass of wine and illustrated talks about Trap Grounds wildlife and conservation work.
All of Trap Grounds now a Local Wildlife Site
In March 2015 Oxfordshire County Council officially designated the western half of the Trap Grounds (a mosaic of woodland, ponds, grassland, and scrubland) as a Local Wildlife Site, to complement the LWS status already accorded to the eastern (reedbed) half of the site. The area in question was already protected as a recreational resource by […]
Greetings cards for sale
We have reprinted four of our most popular cards: the Swan, the Primroses, the Pond, and the Damselfly. To see the images and place an order for cards + envelopes, click on ‘Galleries’ (above) and scroll down to ‘Greetings Cards’. All profits support conservation work on the Trap Grounds.
Trap Grounds on Facebook
We now have a Facebook page. Like us at ‘Friends of the Trap Grounds’ to to receive updates and to comment on new postings.
“A magical and peaceful place …”
A participant in the recent Wild Oxfordshire conference wrote afterwards: “Thank you and the ONCF team for organising a really great day. The Trap Grounds have become a magical and peaceful place, combining open access for public recreation with some serious nature conservation, and it has one of the best board-walks I have ever seen. […]