[caption id="attachment_20946" align="alignnone" width="300"] Nell is a trainee dog with Lomond Mountain Rescue.[/caption] Woodland Trust Scotland's Glen Devon Woodlands have hosted a mountain rescue exercise run by the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team and the Search and Rescue Dog Association Southern Scotland. Glen Devon is the collective...
At Ben Shieldaig we are working with scientists from the James Hutton Institute on a pioneering method which could radically improve the way new woodland is created on many sites. The importance of underground fungal networks to the health of trees has become a big topic...
"The Survivor" Tree at Carrifran near Moffat is Britain's entry in the European Tree of the Year competition - with online voting now underway for the month of February. We would like to encourage all Woodland Trust volunteers to vote for the tree, and encourage friends...
Pic Credit Gordon Rothero Donors are being sought to halt the loss of Scotland’s rare rainforests – with major schemes in Argyll and Morvern in need of funds. The cash crisis was revealed as a new film was unveiled by the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest – a...
Anyone stuck for a Christmas gift idea could follow Dame Judi Dench's lead. She dedicated a grove at Woodland Trust’s Ledmore and Migdale Wood in Sutherland. A post marking the grove has recently been erected, after Dame Judi sent out cards last Christmas telling friends she was...
We are delighted that visitors to the Trust's Dunollie Wood have found hazel glove fungus - an indicator of high quality temperate rainforest. The fungus was spotted by retired Countryside Ranger Richard Wesley during a recent visit to Dunollie by Lorn Natural History Group. Richard spotted a fragment...
An insect survey at the Trust's Loch Arkaig Pine Forest has recorded two species of fungus gnat previously unseen in Britain. Fungus gnats are a large group of tiny flies whose larvae feed on mushrooms and fungi. Boletina gusakovae is more usually found in Finland and Russia, and Mycetophila idonea in...
George Anderson, our Scotland PR and Communications Officer, reporting from this exciting project: Red Squirrels are back at Ledmore and Migdale after an absence of between 15 and 20 years. Ledmore and Migdale is our most northerly site. It is a stunning mix of pine and oak...
One of the osprey chicks at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest has been named in honour of Trust volunteer Liz Bracken, who monitors the nest by telescope from across the loch. Liz's commentary on what the birds get up to when out of view of the camera...
Woodland Trust has brokered an alliance between some of Scotland's largest nature conservation organisations in a bid to save the country’s dwindling rainforests. [caption id="attachment_10956" align="alignnone" width="300"] Birchwoods at Ben Shieldaig. Pic by Phil Formby[/caption] Members of the Atlantic Woodland Alliance gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh...