On a rather damp Sunday morning a group of dedicated and trained volunteers went out to Duncliffe wood to check our nest boxes They had an unexpectedly successful visit. Other local woodland trust woods checked earlier this month didn’t reveal any Tawny owls but Duncliffe did...
Our orchard volunteers at Hucking, Kent, have received some fantastic advice from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust when undertaking activities to increase biodiversity at the site. We thought we would share some of it here for interest. Perhaps if you are part of a Woodland Working...
We are not all lucky enough to live within walking distance of an open green space. Here at the Trust we feel strongly about the benefits of trees in an urban environment and the benefits these can bring to people and wildlife. A new paper summaries...
Back in March, we released our volunteering road map and gave you all an update on what was happening with lockdown easing across our regions and countries. Given the announcements made by the various governments over the last 48 hours, we wanted to provide a further...
This year, the 10th-16th May is Mental Health Awareness week. And this year, the selected theme is ‘nature’. Mental Health Awareness Week was started by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) 21 years ago and is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the...
Back in March last year, our volunteer bird monitoring team at Langley Vale Wood put up special nest boxes for kestrels, little owls, tawny owls and barn owls, thanks to a donation-in-kind from our friends at the RSPB's Epsom Branch. All of these species had...
Never have the benefits of green space for our mental health been clearer than during the last year. Being outside and close to nature has helped many of us through the pandemic. But our guest for this episode, Alastair Campbell, has long recognised the positive...
Butcher's Wood in Sussex is a marvellous place to visit, not least because of the sterling work done by the volunteering team, who have been busy in one form or another for decades! We are fortunate that some of the group originally involved in the...
Healthy woods, healthy lives: how green spaces can improve public health. We all know that nature can contribute to good mental health, this has become especially clear during the pandemic over the last 14 months. These case studies look at different examples of how green spaces can...
Our wardens are an amazing team who are constant eyes and ears on the ground for Site Managers, who can't be everywhere at the same time! They have a busy and varied role and full of challenges and successes, as you will see from this...