Hello all Welcome to our new volunteers – Sarah Hodgetts (Woodland Working Group / Volunteer Photographer) Gael Kouam (Woodland Working Group / Wildlife Group) Spring wildlife Our wildlife volunteers have been photographing plants and wildlife across the estate, including frogspawn and lesser celandine (the ‘herald of spring’)… spring is certainly...
This wonderful footage was forwarded on by Helen Greensmith, volunteer warden at Waukmill Woods. Helen was lucky enough to be treated to this wonderful spectacle on walking in Woodland Trust woodland one evening recently and we thought you may like to see it. This beautiful tawny...
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for our final day of our winter woodland care season for the Sibsey/Skellingthorpe team in which we gave a bit of TLC to the beautiful ancient woodland at Old Wood, Skellingthorpe. The sun shone, the birds tweeted and our...
Well, what a fabulous day we had on Saturday. Wonderful company, beautiful spring sunshine and lovely food, we couldnt have asked for more! A huge thanks to everyone who came along and joined us at our first North England volunteer gathering of the year at Norton...
New Estate Ranger Our new Ranger, Andy Thorn, started this week. He will be taking over volunteer management for our practical task days, and also for our wardens and practical group leaders. He is looking forward to meeting our volunteer group! Next Volunteer Task Day – 10 March Is… you guessed...
In 2018 a project began to restore approximately 4ha of lowland raised bog and wet woodland on Pestfurlong Moss which is part of Gorse Covert Mounds near Warrington. Pestfurlong Moss is a remnant of the lowland raised peat bogs (or mossland) that covered large parts...
Early February 2019, there was a busy day at The Woodland Trust’s Nunsbrough Wood, located just a few miles South of Hexham, Northumberland. The weather was very kind during the day as two groups of about 8 to 10 students and teachers from The Priory School...
Bilton Conservation Volunteers have been hard at work down at Nidd Gorge, restoring and creaying boardwalks on the Bilton side of our site, near Knaresborough. The group have been creating a dedicated walkway along this notoriously wet section to avoid a network of worn paths ,...
Hello all On Tuesday we had our first Supporters’ Group meeting of 2019. We had a packed room, including some of our new volunteers, and it was great to hear what the different groups have been up to, with updates on what the Wardens, Wildlife Group,...
Volunteers joined tutor Damon Peacock this weekend for an introduction to the techniques and skills of hedgelaying. Despite the occasional hail showers, volunteers from Friends of Spud Wood spent a fantastic couple of days at the Spud Wood site, getting to grips with the tools and...