We are super excited here in the SE, because, late in summer 2018, the UK’s rarest bumblebee, the shrill carder bee, was recorded at Victory Wood in Kent, a Woodland Trust owned site since 2004. So named because of its high pitched buzz, this species is...
The planting season may be coming to an end, however there are plenty of other ways you can volunteer for the Woodland Trust. If you fancy trying a different volunteering role or you know someone who is keen to get involved, please take a look a...
Hello, my name is Emily Moore and I have recently joined the Woodland Trust as Youth Development Manager for our new project at Mead. Working with young people is my entire working background, and creating opportunities for young people is a real passion of mine...
We want to thank Neil and Claire for getting us some hedge laying training in Spud Wood. Its been hard work and a bit wet and muddy. but we are so pleased with ourselves for getting it all done. We had the training on the 9/10...
The South East team is proud to have some volunteers with fantastic skills and passion to bring to the Woodland Trust's work. The sites that we look after also attract a growing number of wild species, which is exactly what we all hope for when...
Wood Allotments is a scheme developed by the Mersey Forest to enable woodland owners to engage local communities and manage their woods by allowing people to cut down selected trees for firewood in a woodland that is in need of thinning. It’s a great way...
Approximately £26,000 of funded access work has just been competed at Sandybrook, Preston. Sandybrook is one of a cluster of 8 Woodland Trust sites in the city of Preston which has a population of approx. one hundred and thirty thousand people. The work is part of...
Hello everyone! Just a quick message to say thank you to all of you for making the tree planting day such a success… Rob B, Phil C, Hanifah, Sue, Doug, George, Margaret, Jack, Tony and Richard for working with Mark, Andy & Richard to make tree...
Philipshill Wood, on the boundary of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, is fairly representative of our woodland estate in the Chilterns: a small-ish site with many constraints for planning a harvesting operation. It's a PAWS site - Plantations on Ancient Woodland Site - which means some of...
On 2nd March 33 volunteers made the journey over to Lambourne End, Essex to take part in the first volunteer network event of 2019. The majority of volunteers attending the event were from woodland working groups based in Abbey Grove, Tring Park, Hill House Wood,...