Healthy and adequate rooting space is essential for trees to thrive. A root protection area is usually a calculated area of ground that lies immediately under a tree and just beyond the extent of its crown. It is intended to help avoid damage to the...
Think of the word 'moth' and you could be forgiven for picturing a drab, brown citizen of the night. But did you know the UK is home to a number of moths that are active during the day, many of which rival butterflies for colour...
Woodland Trust Scotland predicts peak bluebell time will be the last week in May...
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...