Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers in October 2019. Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers on 16th October 2019 as we had the services of Mark, who has many years of experience, teaching us how to fell our trees as...
Situated in the beautiful Derwent Valley, Pontburn Woods is a large area of ancient semi-natural woodland, and on Saturday 2nd November it served as the location for my first volunteer working day with the Woodland Trust. The weather forecast had promised rain and gloom, and so...
Why are fungus important to woods? Well that is a very good question and having just been on a starter course to learn about Fungus I can give you a few reasons. At the end of September, the Woodland Trust Volunteers Day for the Northern Region...
The series of volunteer-led walks at Hackfall continued as part of the Heritage Open Days weekend on September 14th and 15th. Although the weather varied considerably, with the Trust marquee getting blown to the side of the field at one point, there were four successful...
Stock Fence training days for the North East area. 27 & 28 September 2019: Nunsbrough Wood near Hexham, Northumberland was the location of another training event organised for Woodland Trust Volunteers in the North East. Following on from a training session earlier in the year which...
Multi tasking Volunteer day at Castle Hill Wood in County Durham 18th September 2019 : Following a summer of tube straightening events at three of our recently planted woods, we had a team of seven volunteers keen to start work in the Castle Hill Wood in...
On 21 August the Woodland Trust volunteers looking after Castle Hill and the three Derwenthead Woods in North West Durham welcomed additional support from a team of volunteers from the NHS. Working with NHS Corporate Services, a volunteers day was organised at Bale Hill Wood...
Introduction day organised by the Woodland Trust and Living Woods North East. A team of seven Woodland Trust volunteers met up at the lovely Hedley Hall Wood location close to the Gateshead/ County Durham border on 17th August 2019 for an introduction day organised by the...
Woodland Trust volunteers took part in a ‘tree pests and diseases’ course recently at Belton Old School Hall in Lincolnshire. Some of the greatest threats posed to trees were covered, including ash dieback and Phytophthora. The trainer was Matt Elliot, who is the Conservation Adviser for...
Every year Skipton Town hosts Sheep Day, the day celebrates Skipton's heritage, its Anglo-Saxon name being 'Sceap Tun', meaning Sheep Town. The famous 'Sheep Show' takes place at regular intervals throughout the day; the show looks at different breeds of sheep, sheep shearing and even...