'Reconnecting Grantham to its historic landscape’ is a project which brings together The Woodland Trust and National Trust. The two charities are working together in partnership to achieve the project’s aims; to raise public awareness, understanding and engagement with Londonthorpe Woods and Bellmount, as well as...
The quintessential summer song of the skylark provided the soundtrack to our recent guided walk for volunteers at Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve. Coinciding with National Meadows Day, our stroll started off just by the Trumpington Meadows Office, where allotments and greenspace have been set aside for...
Community groups and schools wanting to plant trees as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic are being told to get their applications into the Woodland Trust soon. Our free scheme is the perfect way for people to be part of a ‘green recovery’. Thanks to funding...
After two years of noticeably warm, early springs, 2021 has been rather a contrast. From a dry April to the deluges of May, it's been a tricky time for wildlife. Learn how this year's cold spring will impact wildlife during autumn. https://naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2021/cold-wet-spring-of-2021/ Judith Garforth Citizen Science Officer - Nature's...
The wildlife successes keep coming for our amazing sites in the South East, with the recent discovery of the heath fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies, for the first time at our Victory Wood site in east Kent and certainly a result of work...
Climate change has sadly meant that wildfire has become much more of a risk in the UK than previously and unfortunately will continue to be so in the future. Fire & Rescue Services are very clear in their message that there will be an increasing...
Warren Farm is a beautiful 53 acre meadow in Ewell, Surrey on the borders of Nonsuch Park. 97% of meadows like this have disappeared since the 1930s - this is an increasingly rare habitat. Unfortunately, Warren Farm is being taken over by an invasive garden plant...
Wild Ingleborough is a landscape-scale ecological restoration initiative in the Yorkshire Dales National Park working to restore natural ecological processes for the benefit of nature, people and our climate. Working with neighboring farmers and communities, the Wild Ingleborough partnership brings together land managers, NGOs and...
Londonthorpe Wood welcomed its new bovine residents as the grazing livestock moooo-ved onto the site recently. Hereford and Charolais cows will help us to keep the scrub under control in particular areas around the Alma Wood section of the site - once they’ve grazed one compartment, they will be moved on to another. Moving the cows...
As we move into summer it’s a good time to look back at our experience of this year’s ‘strange’ Spring weather and assess its effect on woodland wildlife. Peacock on willow in sunny March In the last few days of March, I can remember taking a...