Thank you to Jess Dandy for giving me the opportunity to speak at Swathmoor Hall Wood as part of the Songpath day. With the focus on encouraging people to engage with nature and to raise awareness of the benefits woods have in helping mental health, The...
Do you know a hazel from a hawthorn or a buckthorn from a blackthorn? What happens when two tree species hybridise? Tree identification can be a bit tricky and it takes constant practice, but a group of volunteers attended a tree ID course at the...
New colour 'Welcome' signs installed at Castle Hills Wood. Following the 'Standard Estate Signage August 2018' the roll out of new signs has been completed by a volunteer at the Castle Hills Wood and adjacent Four Lane Ends Wood near Consett in County Durham. Other...
Catalogue of wild flowers in the meadow at Nunsbrough Wood, near Hexham, Northumberland. Early June 2019 saw another field trip day by one of our local schools. The main task of the day was to catalogue the wild flowers found in the meadow at the East...
Spud Wood is 21 years old in 2019 and to celebrate this Friends of Spud Wood (FoSW) and The Woodland Trust wanted to do something to encourage more people to visit and enjoy the wood. FoSW have built a permanent orienteering course with the support...
The Hawthorn blossom at How Tun wood near Barrow in Furness this Spring has been a magnificent show, loads of pollen for the bees and plenty of future berries for the birds this winter. ...
This took place on 19 May 2019: Fourteen attendees had a busy one day course at Scotton Village Hall followed by a walkabout in the Nidd Gorge woodland near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire with Edward Mills, where he shared his skills and experience as a Chartered...
Choosing a May Bank Holiday to hold an event, in hindsight was probably not a great idea and volunteer numbers were half (if not more) than usual. This however, turned out not to be so bad after all. The fruits of our efforts last June when...
Recently Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire hosted a motley crew of Woodland Trust volunteers in their lovely tower conference room. Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Harrogate set among extensive gardens...
A busy day at the Four Lane Ends Wood. 15th May 2019 : The 5 person team of volunteers have spent a busy day working in the wood which was planted a few years ago on an exposed hill near Consett in the beautiful North West...