Ian Riches is one of two fantastic and incredibly dedicated Woodland Working Group leaders at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire, Ian is also a Woodland Warden at Kinclaven and he has shared his lockdown experiences and some lovely photos from his beloved Kinclaven with us. ...
Thanks to funders, some 150,000 native trees will start to be planted over the next five years to create a new, large woodland next to the Gnoll Country Park in Neath. The site, currently called Brynau named after the small area of ancient wood that...
We wanted to share some excellent photos of insects that some of our fabulous wildlife monitor volunteers have shared with us over the past month. These are all taken in our Kent woods. Clouded Yellows mating at Hucking Estate, near [caption id="attachment_18008" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Clouded Yellows mating...
Juliet Wilson is a volunteer Super Campaigner with us and has written an article about how lockdown has given her time to connect with nature in some unusual places! Here is her interesting and very heartwarming piece: When lockdown was imposed and we were limited to...
Hidden in an open space that once was left forlorn Go there now and you will find, a woodland has been born. With well kept walkways to guide you around Many wonders of nature here can be found. A place for children where adventure is the key. But Oh! How...
The Clarence transformation, now in its 7th year, is well on track, after being created to celebrate the Queens birthday. The site historically has suffered abuse due to being treated as waste land but, after a major clean up and promoting the site as a woodland...
With the local wood where I warden being a distance away, living in a small rural village meant much walking around the local field margins and tracks in the last few months. Thankfully I know and have permission from the local landowners, which meant I...
in search of Fingle’s dormice, the footprint tracking study in Hall’s Cleave has continued through June and into July. We’ve had some good results so far this spring, demonstrating how these mini acrobats move around to find food through the season, and as their diet...
The Natural History Consortium are after people’s views on their visions for the future they have just launched a two week push to encourage people to send us their visions for the future of the environment in the form of a ‘postcard from the future’....
To all our dedicated volunteers across northern England – this is just a short ‘hello’ to check in, catch up and say how much we’re looking forward to volunteering gradually retuning in the Trust. I hope you and your families are all well and weathering these...