Jim Low volunteers at our beautiful Kinclaven Bluebell Wood as a Woodland Warden and a Woodland Working Group Leader. Jim is passionate about this stunning ancient oak wood and spends many a day observing and photographing the wildlife there. He has seen redstarts, spotted flycatchers, nuthatches,...
On the 14th of September, three hardy tree verifiers headed to Inchmahome Island on the Lake of Menteith, near Stirling, to record the spectacular ancient trees. David Alderman of the Tree Register of the British Isles has written a very enjoyable piece about their trip: The...
Every morning offers something different at the Smithills Estate. If you are wondering what Phil is doing in these pictures he is surveying diptera (flies). He's been studying Smithills diptera for years. Over the next months and years we'll be looking at species on the fire-damaged...
The hazel dormouse is one of those woodland animals that, just by its presence in the woods, gives us an indication of where the healthy habitats are. As a tree dwelling species, dormice need unbroken woodland cover to move around; foraging and finding a mate....
Earlier this year Nicola Hume volunteered with us at Glen Finglas, the Woodland Trust's largest's estate in the UK, and which forms part of the dramatically beautiful Great Trossachs Forest National Nature Reserve that stretches from the shores of Loch Lomond in the west to Kilmahog,...
Its’s been a while since we have updated you on the activity at Skipton Castle Woods, one of the trusts Visitor Experience Destination Sites. The Skipton Project Team has been busy progressing the interpretation plan, visitor experience design plan and engagement plan since January -...
Two working parties for the price of one to be reported here! The first being a extra session organised on Friday 31st August as a training course by Joe Middleton. This focussed on replacing the old narrow northern steps – the ones nearest the bridleway...
Welcome to the network update for the woods under threat detector volunteers . This month: Training Materials Upcoming events Peoples Walk for Wildlife Tree Charter Day Campaigns, blogs and a little light reading Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work Sarah Woods under Threat Detector Training Materials In addition to the Woods under...
Volunteers got together on a sunny Saturday morning for an event at the Box Moor Trust centre, near Hemel Hempstead. Hosted in the beautifully renovated Box Moor Trust headquarters, the volunteers from Heartwood Forest and Tring Park enjoyed presentations by Woodland Trust staff. Hannah Burgess,...
The volunteer Woodland Working Group (WWG) at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire have made a start on removing Rhododendron ponticum that is choking parts of this beautiful ancient oak woodland. Twelve hardy volunteers from the group helped out last Thursday to start removing some of the highly invasive shrub, which...