A glorious day: last night at, 1 am, England beat Norway 2-1 in the Football World Cup – and this morning the sun was shining brightly in our second heatwave of the Summer, with another heatwave on its way. There were one or two bleary eyes this morning when we met in the Stair Foot Lane carpark to pick up litter and to clear paths but we were all in high spirits.
Five of us had come to litterpick, and six to clear vegetation from paths.
The path leading East to West on the southern side of the carpark.
The five of us clearing paths started with two paths leading from the carpark to the steps down to the stream.
We then moved on to the picnic area and cut back holly encroaching onto one of the public footpaths. Whilst there we noted that our nest box number 3 had completely disappeared from a large birch tree.
A path from the picnic areaThe path from the picnic area down to the Meanwood Valley Trail
Finally, we moved on to the footpath leading from the south east corner of the picnic area down to the Meanwood Valley Trail
Looking up the path towards the picnic area
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A Friend using one of our tree poppers to remove a sapling
A beautiful morning and fourteen of us gathered to work on Adel Moor and to pick up litter through the woods.
Adel Moor
Today eight Friends worked on the moor, using our three tree poppers purchased with grants from Alwoodley Parish Council. These tools can be described as a lever with a jaw on the bottom: we put the jaw around the trunk of a tree and then lever it out of the ground. Tree poppers save a huge amount of time in removing small trees.
We have been working on Adel Moor for seventeen years. It is the last bit of heathland in Leeds and it hosts all the typical heathland plants like heather, gorse, and bilberries. Our objective in working on the moor is to preserve the heathland by removing incoming trees (principally birch and oak), bracken and brambles.
In recent years green hairstreak butterflies have been found on the moor – not a rare butterfly nationally, but rare in Leeds. The moor probably still has a population of viviparous lizards, though Friends of Adel Woods have not seen one for a few years.
Using a mini-mattock to dig up a sapling
Today we focused our work on the western end of the moor where very many oak and birch seedlings were coming up: if left to grow into trees they shade out all the heathland plants and turn the area into woodland.
Six of today’s work party
Litterpicking
Today six Friends picked up seven bags of litter throughout the woods from King Lane to Stair Foot Lane, and from the top of the woods down to Adel Beck. Two of the Friends also picked up litter on both sides of The Avenue, all the way up to Alwoodley Community Association.
The litter included lots of glass, especially around Adel Crag; wrappers; bottles; cans and wipes; a pair of trousers; and a large mat!
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We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us. The mental and physical health benefits of getting out in the countryside and social contact are well-known.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air, exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
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A beautiful morning but a surprisingly small turnout of six Friends for this morning’s work party. However, the six of us were all in fine spirits!
Three of us picked up litter, and three of us spent the morning working on Adel Bog.
The litter pickers
The litter pickers reported that there was not a lot of rubbish today: the usual collection of bottles, cans, wrappers and poo bags. The biggest item was a road works sign thrown into the hedgerow.
The areas they covered included around the back of the Buckstones as far as the Buck Stone; around the edge of Adel Moor; around the southern edge of the Village Green; Crag Lane; the rugby club; and along Adel Beck. They collected two bags of rubbish.
Working on Adel Bog
Our focus today was on clearing seedlings, sapling and brambles from the northern boundary of the bog. The advantage of there only being three of us working on Adel Bog was that each of us had our own tree popper!
We were surprised to discover that in the margin where the bog meets the trees there were hundreds of oak tree seedlings. This is no doubt the result of last year’s bumper acorn crop.
A small selection of the hundreds of oak seedlings coming up on the margin of the bog
You may have noticed last Autumn that wherever there were oak trees the pavements and paths were carpeted with acorns. This was because last year was a “mast” year for acorns. Every few years, some species of trees and shrubs – among them oak and beech – produce a bumper harvest of their seeds. The collective word for the crop is “mast” and the year is called a “mast year”. It is believed that this happens because it is a successful strategy for reproducing the species. Clearly it has worked well on Adel Bog this Spring!
A propos of nothing, the Latin name for the Jay is garrulus glandarius meaning garrulous acorn gatherer. Jays love acorns and like to bury them for later consumption. However, there are so many oak seedlings on Adel Bog that I think they are the result of acorns falling from the tree, not the result of Jay activity.
We are working hard to maintain Adel Bog because it is is home to some beautiful wild flowers like the torrential photographed below. In the next few weeks, there will be many more wild flowers including the common spotted orchid and bog asphodel.
Tormentil (potentilla erecta) on Adel Bog
The three of us had a productive and enjoyable morning removing many saplings, seedlings and brambles. However, there is still much to do.
About Friends of Adel Woods
We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us. The mental and physical health benefits of getting out in the countryside and social contact are well-known.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks. You can find details on our home page
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air, exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page. You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along!
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A beautiful morning and a magnificent group of sixteen volunteers gathered at 10 am by the cricket pavilion – but not to watch the cricket coaching underway on the pitch!
Litterpicking
Eight of us chose to litterpick and set off in all directions into the woods.
Carol:. “Today’s litterpicking dog walk took me around the Village Green, up through the woods on the other side of Crag Lane, through Gemma’s field, through the woods between Gemma’s field and the rabbit field, and across the rabbit field, before heading back across the Village Green. I left Coco at home, and then returned to the Village Green, walked down the side of Buckstone Road and did a short loop up to Adel Moor before heading home.
“I collected one and a half bags of litter: the usual selection of bottles and wrappers from the Village Green, much of which was shredded during the recent grass cutting. In addition there were many poo bags and other assorted bits.”
“Great weather – lovely to see the bluebells out in the woods”
Sue and Cathy: “We gathered two bags of litter between us. Most of it was by the cricket and rugby grounds. We picked up a lot of heavy glass bottles and two thin rugby tops and a towel. The main paths and car parks were almost clear of rubbish. I think because litterpickers must have beaten us to it. “
Rob, Tina and Lindsey: Rob and Lindsey went up to Crag Lane and then along to the car park on King Lane. Rob then went around the car park, while Lindsey went across the road to litterpick around the shops. Tina started litterpicking at the entrance to Crag Lane went litterpicking in the woods. In all we collected six bags.
“Lindsey found a dummy and I found a pregnancy test!”
Gail: I walked across the moor down to the Slabbering Baby, up the steps to the pond and straight up the path to the Stairfoot Lane carpark. From there I turned back, past the Crag, across the rugby field, back down to the cricket pitch, and then up to the moor.
“I picked up about 20 poo bags, pop bottles, lots of tissues, crisp packets, and glass beer bottles.”
Adel Moor
The mission of the nine of us who chose to work on Adel Moor was to remove brambles and as many saplings as possible.
The reason for doing this is that Adel Moor is the last remaining heathland in suburban Leeds and if left to nature, it will soon be taken over by trees. It is a special habitat worth protecting as the home to moorland plants like bell heather, ling, bilberry and gorse, and also, touch wood, a population of viviparous lizards.
It is a fine sight – particularly in the Summer when the heather is in bloom.
Not a man with a bird of prey, a man with a sapling uprooted with a tree popper
We had a successful morning and removed a lot of brambles and many young trees. Young tree seedlings were easy to pull up. Saplings with a trunk diameter of up to an inch we were able to remove using our three tree poppers purchased with grants from Alwoodley Parish Council. Some of the saplings with bigger roots were dug up using mattocks.
Some of today’s happy team of Friends of Adel Woods
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Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks. Our next birdsong walk is on the 17th May 2026 – and you can find details on our home page
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air, exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
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A beautiful morning and twelve volunteers met by the cricket pavilion at 10 am. Five of us chose to litterpick and seven to work on Adel Bog.
Litterpicking – five volunteers, coat hangers and a lot of poo bags!
Some of our litterpicking equipment
The five litterpickers split into two teams of two and one Friend who likes to pick up litter while walking her dog Coco.
One team worked their way up to Crag Lane and then along Crag Lane to the Stair Foot Lane carpark. In the carpark they found lots of litter, especially paper towels and a lot of bagged dog poo bags in the bushes. In all they collected about forty poo bags. In addition they found a number of empty pop cans and bottles. One of the team also took the opportunity saw off a branch that was blocking one of the paths.
The other team picked up litter from the Village Green, filling one bag with coat hangers, a full bottle of hand sanitizer and metal rods as well as the usual plastic bags, cans, and poo bags.
Our solo litter picker picked up two bags of litter, making her way though the woods to Gemma’s field, around Adel Crag and then back through the disused rugby field. After taking Coco home, she returned to pick up litter from around the edges of the Village Green. She found two areas where rubbish had been deliberately buried – five beer bottles and twenty to thirty Martin House charity bags.
Restoring Adel Bog – a team effort
Using one of our tree poppers: – yes, there is a sapling in the photo!
Friends of Adel Woods have been working on Adel Bog since 2011, removing saplings, bracken and brambles.
Today we were working mainly on the northern edge of the bog, where the boundary has moved several metres southwards because we were unable to do as much work during the Covid lockdowns.
We made full use of our three tree poppers bought with the aid of grants from Alwoodley Parish Council. These amazing tools enable us to pull up small saplings in a fraction of the time it would take to remove them using mattocks.
Two Friends enjoying a chat – with the dead hedge on the western boundary in the background
We also cut back a lot of the branches of larger trees – especially holly – which were reaching out over the bog.
We used the saplings, branches and brambles to build up the dead hedge created by ranger David Preston on the southern and western boundaries of the bog.
The happy team at the end of a morning’s work!
Whilst the bog may look very dry in the photos, it was actually pretty wet and in a couple of months it will be full of wild flowers such as heath spotted orchids, bog asphodel and torrential.
Looking eastwards across the bog
About Friends of Adel Woods
We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us. The mental and physical health benefits of getting out in the countryside and social contact are well-known.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air, exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page. You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along!
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A Fungal Foray led by Steve Joul of Friends of Adel Woods
Another dire weather forecast, but six of us met up in the Stairfoot Lane carpark at 10 am – and as usual the weather was far better than predicted. In fact we had no rain until the odd spot as we finished our morning’s work.
One of us chose to litterpick, while the rest of us walked along Crag Lane to the disused rugby field to give some TLC to the fruit trees which Steve Joul and his son planted there in March 2021. At the time, Steve was Parks and Countryside Ranger with Leeds City Council. You can find out more about the trees and the reason for planting them in our post for 18th March 2021
Steve and his son also gave a lot of their own time to water the trees in the dry Summers of the last four years, and last February Steve and yours truly braved very cold weather to put tree guards around the trunks of the trees to prevent deer damage. We were pleased today to see that all the tree guards were still securely in place and the trees were all doing well.
Before…
When the trees were planted the area was all grassland, as can be seen in the post for 18th March 2021, and it was quite a suprise to find that most of the trees were surrounded by bracken, as can be seen in the photograph above. The area of bracken has increased very substantially even since last February as can be seen for the post for that date.
So today we spent an hour and a half clearing bracken and brambles from around the trees.
and after! (Steve in the centre of the photo)Some of the bracken and brambles removed by our trusty volunteers
As we completed our task, our wonderful lone litter picker arrived to have a look at what we had achieved.
Her litterpicking journey had taken her from the Stairfoot Lane car park, through the woods behind Adel Crag, across Gemma’s field to the Village Green. She focused on the edges of the Green where there was a lot of rubbish. From there she came back for a circuit around the disused rugby field. After dropping in to see us, she made her way back to pick up litter on the opposite side of the Green, finishing – beyond the call of duty – at 12.30 pm, having collected two bags of rubbish.
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We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us in carrying out the important work of looking after our local woods.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks. Our next educational work event will be a birdsong walk at the beginning of May.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends. If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page and come along to one of our work parties.
If you would like to join our email mailing list, please get in touch by leaving a comment on this website – you should be able to see a comment button at the bottom of this page.
A pleasant and dry morning, and nine of us gathered by the cricket pavilion at 10 am for a morning of sprucing up the woods by picking up litter and clearing paths. Three of us chose to litterpick and the rest of us to clear paths.
Path clearing
The path clearers started with the “diagonal” path leading from Crag Lane into and westwards through the Plantation. This was fairly clear as we did some work on this path in February. Nevertheless we found a couple of branches to remove and plenty of holly to cut back.
The path alongside the disused rugby pitch
We then worked on the path from the plantation down to Crag Lane alongside the disused rugby field. We spent about an hour on this path cutting back holly and pulling up brambles in order to widen the path.
Due to other commitments, we finished work at 11.45 but we still achieved a lot this morning – as well as enjoying pleasant company and interesting conversation.
At the end of the morning
One of our litterpicking team joined us for the last half hour or so.
Five of our happy team
Litterpicking
Our litterpicking team walked up to Crag Lane and then turned right to go up the path alongside the disused rugby field. They then made their way to the Hospice Woodland, turned left down to the Stairfoot Lane carpark and returned to the cricket pavilion via Crag Lane. They picked up a bag of rubbish – a lot of it being full dog poo bags 🤢🤢.
One of our litterpicking team with some of our litterpicking equipment
About Friends of Adel Woods
We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page.
You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along!
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Before: Adel Woods Pond at 10.23 on Sunday the 19th October 2025 – looking Southwards
Today we had a fantastic turn out of seventeen volunteers – seven for litterpicking and ten to work with our local Parks and Countryside ranger, Joe Craig-Jackson, on Adel Pond.
Adel Woods Pond
Adel Woods pond is an important habitat for frogs, newts, dragonflies and other invertebrates and every Autumn Friends of Adel Woods work with our local ranger to dredge silt from the pond.
However, as can be seen from the photograph above, the pond has had a difficult year. It is fed by a ditch on the north side, and water flows out via a sluice gate in the southern bank. Unfortunately, a leak developed in the sluice gate about a year ago, and the situation was exacerbated because very little water has flowed into the pond over the very dry summer: a month ago it was possible to walk to the middle of the pond without getting wet feet!
Joe Craig-Jackson tests the water depth in Adel Woods Pond
We made our way to the pond and, having outlined our aims for the morning, Joe tested the depth of the water with a stick. There was little water in the northern half of the pond, but with the recent rain the ground had turned to mud. There was a foot or more of water in the southern half of the pond.
One of the things that surprises us each Autumn is the number of sticks, branches, logs and large stones which end up in the pond. Each year we remove them, but each year we find a lot more have arrived. Some of the sticks and branches must fall in from the neighbouring trees, but some of them -and the logs and the large stones – must be thrown in by passers-by for a lark.
Removing debris and silt from Adel Woods Pond
The first job was therefore to remove all logs, branches and stones. In addition to the many to be seen lying on the mud, in the southern half of the pond there were many more concealed under the surface of the water.
The second job was to clear the ditch feeing the pond and to dig as much mud as possible from the pond, load it into buckets and dispose of it well away from the pond.
The outflow from Adel Woods Pond
Our third task was to clear all the vegetation and mud from around the leaking sluice gate so that we could see work out what needs to be done to repair the leak.
Some of our happy volunteers at the end of a morning’s work
We had a very successful couple of hours work as can be seen by comparing the photograph below with the photograph at the beginning of this post.
After:Adel Woods Pond at 12.24 pm
Litterpicking
Seven of our Friends picked up litter today.
Flytipping in Adel Woods
Starting from our meeting point on Buckstone Road, they picked up litter on the recreation ground, along Crag Lane, around Adel Crag, the Stairfoot Lane carpark and Alwoodley Plantation. In addition to the normal bottles, cans, paper litter, and bags of dog poo, they found two lots of flytipping – a bag of clothes and a table football table.
More flytipping in Adel Woods
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We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
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A fine morning and nine of us met at 10 am at the Slabbering Baby entrance to the woods on Buckstone Road.
We had two aims this morning: to pick up litter and to clear holly and fallen branches from the paths running alongside Adel Beck.
Litterpicking
Two of our team chose to pick up litter.
They made their way up to the King Lane carpark and then along Crag Lane to the Stairfoot Lane carpark.
Whilst the main paths and public carparks were virtually litter free, they gathered two very full bags, most of the litter coming from around the rugby car park and the edges of the cricket ground. There was very little litter by Adel Crag but plenty of tiny pieces of glass which were hard to see and hard to pick up.
They finished at 11.50 am.
Path clearing
The other seven of us walked down to Adel Pond and then along the path which runs from there alongside the beck. We cleared a number of fallen branches from that path.
We then climbed the steps to the Stairfoot Lane carpark. Just short of the top the branches of a fallen tree obstruct the entrance to a path to the right. We cleared these branches to make the path more accessible.
Finally we made our way back along Crag Lane and back to Buckstone Road, stopping briefly to cut back holly on the path heading northwards along the side of the disused rugby ground.
Another enjoyable morning!
Some of our irrepressible volunteers by the disused rugby ground
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Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends.
If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page. We are putting on a Fungal Foray on the 5th October with local expert naturalist, Steve Joul. Places are limited and it is essential to book. If there is sufficient demand we will put on another foray at the end of October.
You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along. Our next work party is on Sunday the 19th October 2025 when we will be litterpicking and working with our local ranger on Adel Pond.
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This morning fourteen of us met at the Slabbering Baby entrance to the woods on Buckstone Road. We had two tasks scheduled: litterpicking, and working with ranger Joe Craig-Jackson on the orchid meadow.
Litterpicking
Four of us chose to pick up litter – three working together, and one choosing to work on her own (with her dog). Here are their reports:
“Three of us and we collected three bags of litter. Dave left us to collect litter on his way back home and two of us walked to the picnic tables, Adel Crag and the Stairfoot Lane Car Park. It was quite challenging with the wind gusts so the bin bag hoops proved their worth. There was very little litter on the main paths and car parks – most was in the woods adjacent to paths. There was plenty of dog poop, mercifully bagged, and the usual plastic bottles, cans and paper waste.”
“This morning I went from Buckstone Road to the village green. There was a fair bit of rubbish around – mainly cans, plastic bottles, sweet wrappers and a couple of wipes!! From there through the woods to Devil’s Rock and then to St Gemma’s field. I targeted an area tucked away in the middle, previously used as a chill out zone – lots of rubbish etc. Returned to the Orchid Field with one large bag of rubbish.“
The orchid meadow (aka the cricket meadow)
Joe going through the Risk Assessment before we start work
Ten of us chose to work on the orchid meadow (also known as the cricket meadow).
Friends of Adel Woods have been looking after the meadow since 2014. It is home to many beautiful common spotted orchids which flower in June andJuly each year, as well as other wild flowers. To keep it in good condition, we need to mow it in August each year and rake off the mowings. If we don’t, the meadow will be soon be taken over by brambles, bracken and saplings – which was its state in 2014.
This year, Leeds City Council rangers Rachel Todner and Louise Gibson mowed the meadow a week or so ago, and raked the mowings into long piles to allow them to dry out in the sun and drop any seeds.
However, they left an area of the meadow unmown so that Joe could show members of Friends of Adel Woods how to use a scythe. Several of our group chose this option and they made a good job of it.
Gathering up the mowings – and in the distance, learning to use a scythe
The rest of us raked the mowings into piles and transported them into compost heaps in the woodland edge.
We also took the opportunity to pull up a lot of Himalayan Balsam from the woodland margin around the meadow.
One of our compost heaps
We finished working just after 12 noon and Joe got out the brew kit and some biscuits to provide much needed refreshment.
Some of our happy team
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Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods, and make new friends. If you would like to take part in our activities, keep an eye on our Home Page and come along to one of our work parties.
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Friends of Adel Woods 