Dear Volunteers, I want to say thank you to everyone for your commitment to volunteering with the Woodland Trust over the last twelve months. With the different lockdown restrictions, it's been impossible at times for volunteering to take place safely. Thank you for your patience with...
Back in March last year, our volunteer bird monitoring team at Langley Vale Wood put up special nest boxes for kestrels, little owls, tawny owls and barn owls, thanks to a donation-in-kind from our friends at the RSPB's Epsom Branch. All of these species had...
On a bright but chilly day at the beginning of March our Outreach Advisor Jim Smith-Wright spent over four hours answering questions at Marden Park about the lives of trees and how wildlife can be both friend and foe to woodland. The Woodland Trust is working...
Written by Lead Volunteer, Alan Matthews Highlights: Despite Covid-19 restrictions, volunteers were able to carry out informal surveying throughout the year, with increased sighting records being added to BirdTrack. Additional experienced birdwatchers came forward to assist with monitoring and recording. The number of species recorded in...
Written by Karl D. Tarratt Bisham Barn Owl Group Middle Thames Bird Conservation Trust Runnymede Ringing Group We started the year by installing four boxes, Barn owl, Tawny owl, Little owl and Kestrel at various locations across the site. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Lapwing returned to 40 Arces in mid-April and were soon...
Thanks to Jim Smith-Wright, South East Outreach adviser, for writing this wonderful article. Rhododendron is a massive problem in the South East, invading many of our most precious ancient woodlands and other habitats and denuding them of most of their value for wildlife. Controlling or removing...
Hargate Forest was once part of one of the great medieval forests of the Sussex High Weald. Set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it boasts mature woodland, an amazing diversity of plants and wildlife, an intriguing history and stunning views over the surrounding...
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, a few dedicated wildlife monitors at Langley Vale Wood were able to carry out a transect walk in each of the 26 weeks of the surveying season from 1 April to 30 September. Wildlife Monitor Keith Lelliott shares his highlights of this year’s...
If there is one good thing that comes out of this year’s pandemic, it is the realisation to many that our natural world can provide tranquility and solace at times of uncertainty. Volunteer Linda Pitkin tells us about her love of botany: [caption id="attachment_18822" align="alignright" width="199"]...
Written by John Triggs, Woodland Working Group Leader at Warren Farm We live in a world of hyperbole. On Instagram, every image is ‘breathtaking’; on Facebook every new experience, ‘awesome’. My friends, it seems, never stop seeing the earth from another amazing corner. Some have what...