On a recent holiday to Argyll and on the recommendation of Gwen, the Glen Finglas ranger, I paid a visit to the Woodland Trust site at Crinan Wood. On a beautiful evening I ascended the ‘rainforest’ from Crinan Harbour. A steep path, through wonderful atlantic oak...
The Kinclaven Bluebell Wood Woodland Working Group were back in action last weekend with a session to secure trees and their tubes planted last autumn, and to remove sitka, beech and larch regeneration within the existing woodland. Some of the tubes had gone decidedly wonky, and...
We still have spaces on our next Scotland Volunteer gathering. It's at Portmoak Moss in Fife, and with the theme of biodiversity, we'll be hearing from members of Portmoak Moss Community Woodland Group, who look after the moss and are very knowledgeable about its ecology and...
The first Scotland volunteer networking event of 2019 was a great success. Fifteen volunteers, four members of staff and renowned arboriculturalist Donald Rodger shared the day together in the beautiful village of Garvald, at the Whittingehame Estate and Pressmennan Wood. After the usual update from me on volunteering...
One of the highlights of the East Lothian volunteer gathering on 4th May is a visit to see the Whittinghame yew. This incredible cathedral of a tree is in private land and we are very lucky to have gained permission to go and see it. We...
Are you a volunteer in Scotland and do you fancy helping out on our stand at the Royal Highland Show? If so, here are a few details to help you to decide: We are looking for two volunteers per day from 20th - 23rd June. It's always hard...
16th March was the final day of a whole week of tree planting and Rhododendron removal at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood. After a run of sunny weekdays that saw primary school children and volunteer staff from some of our corporate sponsors planting trees in the spring...
Would you like to sign up as an Ospreycam Research volunteer? For the third year running we are looking for volunteers in Scotland to review and edit the footage on our ospreycam up at our beautiful Loch Arkaig site. [caption id="attachment_9398" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ringing Lachlan the...
Scotland volunteers are all welcome to come along to East Lothian on 4th May for our first gathering of the year! You'll find out more about how staff and volunteers monitor and protect woods under threat of development, as well as having the chance to meet other...
We are recruiting for two new roles at our stunning Glen Finglas estate. We are looking for Adopt a Path volunteers to help us keep an eye on our network of paths, some of which form part of the Great Trossachs Path which runs through to...