The local community have welcomed the work taking place at Great Hill Wood - a Wood on Your Doorstep near Chillington, South Devon. There has been a huge amount of enthusiasm, both for the ride edge coppicing and the use of horses. So much so...
In November the Engagement and communications Managers and Volunteer Development Officers for England went to visit Fingle wood and had a very interesting day guided by Dave Rickwood and Eleanor Lewis. We were driven round the wood, learnt about the partnership we have with the National...
November 2nd was the end of the ‘Ancient Boundary Season’. We all gathered in the Fingle Bridge Inn for a Thursday evening lecture where Alex Hamer, the intern who had led the surveying across the summer and autumn, summarised the work we had been doing and...
Thank you to all the volunteers who made it to The network event on Dartmoor in March. We were very lucky with the weather, managing to choose the weekended in between the snow. Had it have been snowing it would have mande getting to the venues very...
Over the past few years a Geoff, a dedicated volunteer - has been monitoring butterflies at Stratton Wood. Over a 5 month period he spent 30 hours volunteering for us whilst he carried out this survey which gets reported to Butterfly Conservation as well as...