Dear Central region volunteers Firstly, I hope this message finds you all well, in such unprecedented times and real uncertainty. I wanted to say hello, touch base and let you know where we are with the resumption of volunteering. With over 790 active roles being undertaken...
You may already have heard the exciting news that the Reconnecting Grantham to its historic landscape project is a go! Woodland Trust-owned Londonthorpe Woods and National Trust-owned Bellmount, are both part of the historic Brownlow Estate, which had Belton House as its country seat and originally...
The Woodland Trust Outreach staff in the Central Region including the Eastern Claylands of Suffolk and Essex, were furloughed from the beginning of April to the middle of June. Upon their return to work Paul Woodgate and Hannah Joy have been picking up the backlog...
Our woods have seen a dramatic rise in visitors over the past few months, with people desperate to get out in the fresh air during lockdown and through the following months where restrictions were slowly lifted. The Woodland Trust kept all of its 1,000 UK...
Super Woodland Trust volunteer Brian Legg has published a new book called ‘Heartwood Butterflies’. Over ten years, two members of the charity Butterfly Conservation conducted weekly monitoring visits to identify the butterfly species present at Heartwood. The results of these visits are recorded in ’Heartwood...
Hainault Forest in Essex is one of our flagship woods in central England, and was once part of a large royal forest known as the Great Forest of Essex. In 1851 the Crown Lands Act was passed for the disafforestation of the Forest. Over 100,000...
Even though we are confined to our homes for now, we can still maintain our connection with nature by enjoying the wildlife that visits our gardens, balconies and flower pots. Perhaps you have spotted something interesting on your daily walk, or have had an unexpected...
Volunteering might have come to an end for the time being, but now is a time to reflect on all of the activity that has been going on over the past few months in the central region. We have many volunteers who support our onsite work,...
The beginning of March saw the first volunteer event in the central region. Beautiful Belton House and it's stunning formal gardens and parkland provided the perfect place to host our event. Volunteers who carry out various roles, including tree health volunteers, woodland working group volunteers,...
On Saturday 7 March the local Leicestershire community came along to Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood, near Normanton le Heath in the National Forest, to help us plant 1500 trees. We are expanding the original wood which was acquired in 2012 to much fanfare as thousands...