With nearly 70 species and 180 events there are opportunities for everyone to get involved with Nature’s Calendar. By sharing your wildlife sightings you will be contributing to a dataset with records dating back to 1753. This provides an invaluable source of information for researchers...
If you are a volunteer at Skipton Castle Woods, Heartwood Forest or Tring Park you may have heard a member of staff talk about it as a Destination Site. The term Destination Site is a phrase that can cause some confusion. A better way of...
Ancient woodland has been around for centuries and supports some of our richest and most precious wildlife habitats. These areas which have been undisturbed for hundreds of years are often home to rare wildlife and sensitive woodland plants and each unique woodland offers us a...
The Project has been active for the last 4 years in x10 Project areas across the UK with a Project Officer based in the regions to advise local landowners on the Restoration of Ancient Woodlands planted with Conifers post war. We call these sites Plantations...
The story of how a retired scientist learnt some more science in a new subject by getting involved with Nature’s Calendar and citizen science. I first heard of Nature’s Calendar one spring on Radio 4’s morning “Today” programme, and the idea of citizen science fascinated...
Conifers can be more difficult to identify than broadleaved trees, however they can still be affected by a number of our Observatree priority pests and diseases. We need to be able to identify the tree hosts to aid us in the detection and identification of diseases...
We have a very exciting schedule of agricultural Shows coming up in 2018. and we're looking for the support of existing Woodland Trust volunteers. The team, with your help, will be travelling the length and breadth of Northern Ireland this summer spreading the word of...
A group of festive volunteers congregated in the Bangor office on 12th December to celebrate their wonderful efforts throughout 2017. They mingled, discussed their different woods and spread Christmas cheer. The morning took the form of a short presentation from staff on what the Trust had...
The Blackdown Hills Natural Futures Project is very excited to be working with the Woodland Trust and the People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) on dormouse monitoring in the Blackdown Hills. We are busy setting up several new sites which will be monitored for dormouse activity...
Woodland Working group volunteers based in South Lincolnshire were invited to take part in an Emergency First Aid at work plus F (forestry) training course. Trainers Dave and Ian from Lancashire First Aid delivered an active course at Belton Old School House, Lincolnshire. The syllabus...