Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu is a highly contagious family of viruses that impacts particularly on captive birds, such as turkeys and hens but is also carried and spread by wild birds, particularly wildfowl and gulls. Wild birds are known to be an important...
If you start to read about “Green Recovery” you are likely to see the term being used to describe many worthy causes but, you may be left thinking, “what is it all about?”. One good example is the Green Recovery Challenge Fund; set up to...
The Portmoak Community Woodland Group, who work hard to support the management of Portmoak Moss and Kilmagad Wood, are running a birch popping activity on Sunday 7th November...
The Global Day of Action for COP26 to which WT campaigners, supporters and staff are invited, is Sat 6 Nov. Our meeting time is 12noon at the Suffragette oak in Kelvingrove Park. The march starts at 1pm and ends at Glasgow Green around 3pm after...
Our volunteers are always getting stuck in, even when it is pouring with rain, and our Brede Woodland Working Group is certainly no exception. With not one, not two but THREE new Working Group Leaders trained up recently, it is truly inspiring to see the...
For the third year in a row, a hedgehog survey has been searching for this elusive little mammal in Fingle Woods. As the habitat is steadily improving, we are hoping to see a similar improvement in their numbers in the more suitable parts of the...
Saturday 6 November will be the Global Day of Action where civil society organizations will gather in 10 cities across the UK to march during COP26, the UN climate summit. The Woodland Trust will be taking part in Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham. We are choosing to march to ensure that nature is at the top of the agenda...
[caption id="attachment_23345" align="aligncenter" width="574"] Couldoran Estate, Wester Ross, Scotland (Header image and image by John MacPherson)[/caption] We have launched an £8million public appeal to buy the Couldoran Estate in Wester Ross and manage it for people and wildlife over the coming decades. Couldoran neighbours the Trust's existing site...
It’s COP, climate change is all over the news and we’re in week 3 of Big Climate Fightback, raising awareness of the role trees play in fighting climate change. The Trust is getting its fair share of TV coverage this week which you might like...
The Woodland Trust has a far-reaching level of expertise throughout its staff and volunteer team and we love to delve deeper to find out who makes the cogs of the charity turn. This month, it's time to find out about Julie, who heads the Comms...