Nov
09
2020
Nov
09
2020
Nov
09
2020
Amphitheatre installed at Brackfield Wood
Just last month we saw the final installment completed within our First World War Centenary Wood, Brackfield Wood in the Faughan Valley. The Amphitheatre is a curved structure that stretches 250 meters long with four tiers of seats topped with wooden seating made from Western Red...
Oct
06
2020
Community project plants a quarter of a million trees since 2000
This year the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland are celebrating twenty years of 'Woods on Your Doorstep', we've looked back to see just how local communities have benefited from these wonderful green spaces, visit our NI landing page on the Woodland Trust website to read the...
Oct
05
2020
Watch Woodland Trust Northern Ireland on BBC Community Life
During September if you tuned into BBC NI you would have found out from the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland how you can play your part in the fight against climate change. Members of the NI team alongside some of our Faughan Valley volunteers featured in the...
Oct
02
2020
We’re on the TV!!
BBC Northern Ireland recently supported the work of the team in Northern Ireland by producing a short film to showcase our work. Filmed in the Faughan Valley in July 2020, the short film aired for the first time on Sunday past as part of BBCNI's...
Aug
25
2020
Drum Woodland set for upgrade
Thanks to funding from DAERA The Drum Woodland is set for an upgrade. The funding that was made available via Mid and East Antrim Council as part of their Industrial Heritage Cross-border Cooperation Project will enable improvements to be made to the car parking access, paths,...
Aug
24
2020
Glasswater Wood set for extension
Thanks to funding from our partnership with Nationwide Building Society we will see this gem of a community woodland resource extended by 3.35ha by the end of 2020. The new area is home to long established woodland which we will be protecting and buffering with the...
Aug
19
2020
Rare Butterfly flutters by in Woodland Trust survey
A rarely seen butterfly, the purple hairstreak has been recorded in the Faughan Valley, in woodlands managed by The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland. We use transects to investigate changes in habitats rather than to simply estimate the number of organisms within it. Pam Hardeman, one of...
Aug
17
2020
Virtual Volunteer Training and Events
Over the last few months many of us have been forced by circumstance to adapt and respond to the rapidly changing situations around us, coming up with innovative solutions to the challenges we have faced. Here at the Woodland Trust within the world of volunteering...