As summer draws to its conclusion, I wonder how time has flown by so quickly! Not that I am complaining, autumn has always been my favourite time of the year, a time of change in the natural world and (in my opinion) the best time to visit woodlands!

Over the past year our central region team made up of staff and volunteers has achieved lots for woods and trees. We’ve been carrying out wildlife surveys, running plant translocation trials, delivering events, installing trails and interpretation and lots more! As ever, thank you so much for your hard work and support! In this newsletter we’d like to tell you more about what we’ve achieved together, as well as invite you to our future events.

 

Latest updates
To read our recent volunteering related stories please follow the links below by clicking on the headlines for the latest articles from the Central region.

Feeling good in the wood!

The future is looking brighter at Uffmoor Wood! Visitors who attended our recent event there learnt about the fascinating wildlife species that dwell onsite and experienced our ‘tree-laxation station’!

Innovation and wildflowers at Martinshaw
The Woodland Trust works to restore Planted Ancient Woodlands and are trialling new techniques at Martinshaw Wood to increase the populations of floral species following conifer removal.

Purple Emperor makes grand appearance!

Our super team of volunteers at Heartwood joined forces with Butterfly Conservation to track down the elusive purple emperor butterfly.

Exploring through your senses

Everdon Stubbs is a beautiful woodland on the outskirts of Daventry. As part of our ‘Love your woods’ campaign we’ve installed a beautiful new sensory trail.

We have three brand new events for you between now and Christmas, these include a talk about ancient trees in central England and how to record them, an event for our wardens and in December our annual Christmas online get together and festive quiz. Follow these links to the events for more information.

Wardens Gathering
19th October 2021 from 7pm-8.30pm via Zoom

 

Discovering Ancient trees in Central England – Talk with Tom Reed

1st November 2021 from 7pm-8.30pm via Zoom

 

Central region Christmas gathering and quiz
9th December 2021 from 7pm-8.30pm via Zoom

 

As ever, a huge thank you for all that you do for us, we are super grateful!

Best wishes

Amanda

Feature image: Jill Jennings

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