[caption id="attachment_6966" align="alignright" width="300"] Picture: Michael Cooper[/caption] A monster of a giant redwood in Castlewellan, County Down, has been crowned Northern Ireland’s Tree of the Year in a search for the nation’s best-loved tree. Organised by the Woodland Trust, the competition was open to any living tree...
Back in June 2018 the Woodland Trust secured Heritage lottery Funding to complete the first phase of a project set to revitalise the Faughan valley landscape, on the outskirts of Derry/Londonderry. The Faughan Valley runs from the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains along the beautiful...
Hello everyone, My name is Bronagh Gallager and I recently joined the Woodland Trust team at the beginning of September as Project Officer for the very exciting Faughan Valley Treescapes project. My aim will be to engage and involve schools, communities and volunteers from Derry~Londonderry and...
Hi everyone, My name is Stephen Duggan and this summer I took up post as Contracts Manager for the Woodland Trust in Northern Ireland. I will be covering the role whilst Rosie is off on maternity leave. I've always had an interest in trees, nature and...
Did you know that you could help scientists to track the effects of weather and climate change on wildlife across the UK? Nature's Calendar is the UK's biggest record of the changing seasons with 2.9 million records and data stretching back to 1736. We need your...
The Faughan Valley runs from the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains along the beautiful River Faughan to the outskirts of Derry~Londonderry. Covering some 80 square miles, it has been identified as an area of strategic importance and the focus of our Treescape ambitions in Northern...
Please note this event is not organised by the Woodland Trust, the event organiser details are provided below if you have any questions please contact the organiser directly. Bat Conservation Ireland in conjunction with Lagan River Trust welcome you to join them at the Daubenton's Bat Waterways Survey Workshop. The...
From a gnarly hawthorn to a might oak, do you know of a tree with a story that is special to you, your friends and family, or your community? The Woodland Trust is urging tree lovers to stump up nominations for Northern Ireland's Tree of...
For the past 3 years our resident swans at Canal Wood haven't bred successfully. With low water levels in the main ditch beside Canal Wood and excessive weed growth in the adjacent canal the odds have been against them. Canal Wood volunteers have been liaising with the...
Please note this event is not organised by the Woodland Trust, the event organiser details are provided below if you have any questions please contact the organiser directly. Bat Conservation Ireland in conjunction with Ards and North Down Borough Council welcome you to join them at the...