Des Lloyd, Volunteer Warden at Owlet Wood, has provided an update on recent activity down at the reserve helping to improve the woodland for local bird life. 'Things have been rather hectic here around the Owlets Plantation nature reserve over the last few weeks, with over...
I can hardly believe the year is a quarter of the way through already and it was great to catch up with so many of you at the training session at the start of March despite the audio problems. It also seems to have been a...
It’s never quiet around here for the campaigns team. We’ve heard back on one of our biggest and most concerning campaigns, plans for holiday lodges in Whitby. We are keen to update you on the latest developments. And as soon as we start thinking that...
Volunteers are doing a great job at Butcher's Wood For more than 25 years, a small group of dedicated volunteers has made light work of coppicing at Butcher’s Wood in Hassocks, West Sussex. The group meets regularly to cut back the constantly-growing hazel which they cut...
A brand new Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI) website has been developed and will launch later this month. The old (ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk) website has been closed to allow us to prepare and move the data to the new website. Why the new site? The old website did a brilliant job,...
The Campaigns Team at the Trust manages a network of campaigning volunteers across the UK, what we like to call ‘Special Branch’. One of the three roles that make up this network is that of ‘Super Campaigner’. Our Super Campaigners are remote volunteers who mainly...
Eight out of our ten Nature’s Calendar butterflies are on the list for most likely butterflies to encounter in the UK, so everyone has a chance of spotting at least one species. On Nature’s Calendar we’d like you to let us know when butterflies first...
Due to the current threat from Chalara dieback of ash the UK government has banned the movement of ash plants, trees and seeds within Great Britain until further notice. More information on the ban can be found on the Forestry Commission’s website (link). Given the...
Read volunteer Valerie Hurst's story of her first encounter with a red-tailed bumble bee this season. Heat was suddenly spiralling on the south facing wall of the garden. Heat, it was a wonderful feeling. Bright sunshine and colour was instantly apparent. The dull hues of winter,...
Observatree volunteers can now access English Heritage sites, meaning that 380 new locations can be surveyed for signs of tree pests and diseases. The project launched in 2013, with the aim of training volunteers to identify pests and diseases that threatened the UK’s trees and woods. So...