Monitoring wildlife on the Woodland Trust estate is incredibly important. It can help to inform our management of the site, contribute to national databases tracking population trends, and consequently lead to positive change in policy and practice to benefit wildlife. It is therefore essential that...
Following on from the initial Fingle hedgehog survey, the footprint tunnels have been set out again to find out whether these spiky little mammals are out and about in the woods before they go into hibernation for the winter. A young hedgehog that has been...
Only the second time we have ever cancelled a Working Party but I am sure it was the right thing to do as, given our schedule ,we would have been trying to shovel mud. It also meant that one or two who had been struggling...
This Saturday the Woodland Trust is kicking off new regular volunteer work days in the Avon Valley Woods, to involve local people in helping to care for these special woods. The Avon Valley Woods is one of the largest areas of open access woodland in south...
At the start of autumn, the Fingle Woods partnership held an open day of hands-on family-friendly woodland exploration. Nearly 170 people from the local community and further afield braved a typical Dartmoor mixed weather forecast, and ventured to the Wooston Castle area of Fingle Woods...
Once again a big thank you to one of our volunteers Geoff Foale who has sent in all these amazing photos taken Aveton Wood. Not only does Geoff send in these brilliant pictures but he also takes the time to label them too which means...
Not many were able to come to the Working Party on the 5th - perhaps due to a typing error in the last Newsletter! However six of us were able to carry on with the beehive path which is now almost complete. As always there...
At some of the volunteer get-together’s I have held I have been asked what other roles volunteers can do, and what do those roles entail. Please see the below table with some brief role descriptions for you. Not all the roles are available in the...
On Saturday 7th September volunteers from Somerset and Dorset met for a volunteer get together at Duncliffe wood. We were lucky with the weather and had glorious sunshine. We started off with a walk around the wood lead by Sarah the site manager who talked about...
The past few months have been busy as we start to plan for our work in 2020. This involves taking stock of what we have achieved so far this year and what opportunities are on the horizon. The renewed public interest in climate change and...