Come and join us this winter for tree planting at the new Young People's Forest at Mead, as part of the #iwill campaign to promote youth social action. Help us plant the first trees on the former opencast site adjacent to Shipley County Park in...
Woodland Working Group at Canal Wood, Newry were able to dodge the bad weather at the weekend to make it out on site for a task day. Joining the group for the first time yesterday was new volunteer Katherine. Long standing group member Bruce helped Katherine...
During National Bird Box Week, two Woodland Trust volunteers worked alongside a volunteer from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to put up 40 bird boxes at Coed Y Foel. This location was chosen after BTO volunteer Andy Turner informed Becky Good (North West Wales...
The 19th February marked a key date in the Coed Cadw Calendar as myself and Rob Davies welcomed our new Woodland Working Group Members to their base at Wentwood Forest. After a brief introduction we took the forest path down to The Glade Tea Rooms where...
Yesterday, as part of a three day regional gathering, RSPB offered their help to carry out some work in the Woodland Trust’s Glencharnoch Wood in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. Over the course of the afternoon, 46 staff helped recreate open water...
Despite recent heavy rain and windy weather, volunteers from Butcher’s Wood have continued their coppicing work this winter to help improve the woodland ecology at the site. Butchers Wood is a small (7.12ha) ancient semi-natural woodland at the northern boundary of the South Downs National Park...
[caption id="attachment_16129" align="alignleft" width="225"] Simon and Tish with their farewell cakes[/caption] Volunteers from Langley Vale Wood bid farewell to site manager Simon Bateman-Brown on Thursday 20 February, as he leaves the Woodland Trust for pastures new at Kent Wildlife Trust. Simon has been with the Trust since...
The hardworking volunteers from the Spud Wood woodland working group have been busy throughout the winter months coppicing hazel and laying an old thorn hedge that runs through the site. A dedicated band of them, led by volunteer leader Nick Storer, have been working most...
Thanks to all of our Nidd Gorge practical volunteers who braved the weather last week to help undertake footpath improvements at the site. The group, led by Sam Walker from Harrogate Borough Council, managed to dodge the worst of the weather. However it was muddy...
The Smithills team wanted to say a big thank you to Ruth Hyde who has made the first donations to our Smithills Community Kit Library, donating countless jumpers, wellies and other bits of kit. Part of our Lottery funding includes commitments to work with community...