April 2025 update

A brief note about the “Wildlife and Environment Fayre” that Olivers Battery Countryside Group will be hosting on Saturday 27th September at St Marks Church, Olivers Battery” We are now inviting various Wildlife and Environment...

March Update (incorporating February Update 2)

[Show slideshow] We had a phenomenal turnout for our work party on the 9th February. Ten people turned up on a very pleasant Sunday morning and we achieved all the coppicing and bramble clearance we had hoped to achieve at the end of the season for this work (March)....

February Update 1

The Olivers Battery Countryside Group (OBCG) is twenty years old this year (2025) Among the events the group will be organising this year is hosting an event to showcase the work done by various Environment and Wildlife charities and voluntary organisations in Olivers...

January 2025 Update

Happy (belated) New Year to all. This is now the twentieth year since the group stated work on the Olivers Battery Conservation/Wildlife area and if you look on our archive material (nearly all of it on the website) you will see just how the site has developed over...

December Update

This is the last post (sound of trumpets!) for 2024. A big thank you to all who have helped on the conservation/wildlife area over this year. A Happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year to you all, and all readers of this website. The scything of the meadow area ...