The Trust's Malcolm Turner and Caz Austen from Ben Shieldaig, Tom Reed of Citizen Science and outreach advisor Alan Crawford collaborated with Wester Ross Biosphere and NatureScot to co-ordinate some training in ancient trees in Wester Ross last week. Ancient Trees are hugely under-recorded in the...
A woodworker who made elaborate commemorative benches for Woodland Trust's most northerly site is to be himself commemorated by his final unfinished piece. Bill Ross of Ardgay in Sutherland died on Hogmanay aged 76. The story of his woodland benches began in 2015 when an oak tree...
[caption id="attachment_21923" align="alignnone" width="300"] Loch Arkaig Pine Forest's 2021 chicks. Photo by Lewis Pate[/caption] Two osprey chicks that dodged the gaze of online fans this summer are finally on view with the release of pictures and video taken when they were ringed. A nest camera supported by...
A huge new urban forest is to be planted by the City of Glasgow and seven surrounding local authorities - with investment of £400,000 from our Emergency Tree Fund. The Clyde Climate Forest will see 18 million saplings planted over the next decade - which represents ten...
[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...