We are delighted to tell you that Broadleaf packaging has had a make-over. It’s out with the previous polyethylene wrapping, and in with the lovely new FSC-certified paper envelope, beautifully designed with the issue’s front cover as above. As you’ll all be aware, there has been...
Words by Katharine Wootton from Yours magazine With many of our trees under threat as never before from disease and development, we explore the different ways three volunteers are coming to the rescue. I help ancient trees thrive – Judy Dowling As a nursery teacher Judy used to...
The Ash Project is an urgent cultural response to ash dieback led by Kent Downs AONB. The South East at the Woodland Trust team have recently supplied The Ash Project with over 1500 trees to replace diseased ash in Thorn Wood, Brockhill Country Park and Placketts...
We are running a campaign for better behaved dogs and dog owners at Moncreiffe Hill Wood outside Perth. There has been a spate of problems including livestock disturbance, fouling and out of control dogs jumping on people. Site manager Jill Aitken decided it was time to steer dog owners...
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...