We are excited to announce that after some searching, we have managed to secure a venue to host our South West all region gathering which will be on Sunday 20-Monday 21 November 2022. The venue is in Dawlish and a short walk from the train...
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who sent in information on what they do as a volunteer for us. All these were on the South West landing page at the online National volunteer conference, they are too good not to share again. Alan...
We’ve had a fantastic reaction since launching this exciting campaign just weeks ago – kick started by a generous £750,000 grant from Biffa Award as part of the Landfill Communities Fund, a partnership with the team at Lloyds Banking Group, and support from The John...
Just in case you missed the online National Volunteer Conference, here is some of what was on the South West area A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who took part in this video. Thanks also to Paul Allen the site manager, Rachel Harries...
We cancelled the February 19th Working Party as the weather forecast was so bad but fortunately a month later the weather was perfect! In the meanwhile though the high winds meant a small amount of emergency work was needed by your Chairman and Hon Sec. Tree...
The volunteers at Fingle Woods have many skills to combine with their passion for making the woods a better place for wildlife. Some of these skills have been brought in from their own previous experience but, in other cases, they are skills learned through being...
Dr Malcolm Burgess explains the value of long-term nest box monitoring primarily at Yarner Wood In 1955, soon after Yarner Wood was designated as a National Nature Reserve, 50 nestboxes were put up in a small area near today’s office. These were for an experiment investigating...
Peat deposition on moorland is known to be one of the most effective forms of carbon storage, or ‘sequestration’. In its undisturbed state, peat is also a haven for unique and important wildlife but, around this priceless landscape lie layers of history and stories of...
Anew set of water monitoring equipment has been installed to record the quality of water in the river and streams at Fingle Woods. This new system follows on from an initial scheme which provided a blend of good data and some learning experiences, with some...
Natural England are linking up with external contributors in our blogs to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the declaration of Yarner Wood as a National Nature Reserve (NNR). Yarner Wood, made ancient by the crucial relationship between trees and fungi, has seen many shifting attitudes towards it...