Busy blue tits having been nesting, butterflies are a flutter, bees buzzing and beautiful bluebells have flowered. The colour of towns, cities and the countryside have changed as nature creates a feast for the senses through spring. While we've mostly watched spring unfold from our homes...
This is a short ‘spring update’ from North West Durham. In this time of lockdown and restricted movement, may I share an update on the progress of four Woodland Trust Woods. Our last volunteers session with the Castle Hill and Derwenthead woods group was back in...
Big Novels about Big Forests Lockdown, with its many frustrations, has, nevertheless, been a opportunity to do some reading, and I’ve made my way to the end of two arboreal novels in the past few weeks. Both of them have, in their own ways, offered perplexed...
I hope all WT staff and volunteers are well and getting through these strange times, and that nature is helping. One of the things on my mind these last few weeks has been what I am missing - many of my special places are beyond...
Despite the ever changing world in which we find ourselves, the Tree of the Year team have decided to plough on with the search for this year’s favourite tree in each nation. Nominations are open now until end of June. This year, in the midst of lockdown,...
As a volunteer historical researcher and photographer for the Londonthorpe Woods project – a joined effort of the Woodland Trust and the National Trust (Belton House) near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a photographer of wherever in the country Estelle Slegers Helsen spots a Woodland Trust wood,...
Hello! I know i have been in the garden a lot more these days getting caught up with all the things needing done to tidy and get the garden ready for Spring /Summer. Here are a few useful links to things you can do during this...
The spring 2020 issue of Wood Wise focuses on how trees can simultaneously tackle the climate and nature emergencies. Scientists at the forefront of applied research explain how many more trees we need to plant, why native trees are best, and how to make the...
In our latest episode, Adam Shaw joins Tracey Garrett and Vicky Entwistle to explore Smithills, our largest site in England. Learn more about how we’re revitalising this incredible place, with talk of leaky dams, planting the right trees in the right places and involving the...
Article by Helen Leaf, Ancient Tree Volunteer Verifier I'm a Verifier for the Ancient Tree Inventory, and what I've been doing for the past few years is going to Sherwood Forest to record the veteran and ancient trees there. At the start, the trees were on...