Hello all A brief update this week… Welcome Welcome to Jo Rayner (Woodland Working Group / Events Volunteer) and to Louise Coulman (Woodland Working Group)! Tree planting Thanks to everyone from Smithills who has volunteered to help out with the tree planting weeks! Lantern Parade Thanks to all the volunteers who helped the...
Thanks to everyone who came along to our last volunteer gathering of 2019, in Rydal Hall, Cumbria on Saturday. We were joined by Heather Swift, Cumbria site manager, who updated us all on what has been happening on our estate in the county. We were...
Hannah Humphreys, a volunteer with us until recently, tells her story of how volunteering with the Trust helped give her a start to her career as an ecologist: Over summer I was lucky enough to be successful in acquiring a 3-month internship with Forestry and Land...
A success despite the weather – Tring Park festival of light. The weather was against us from the start for the 2019 festival of light, with strong winds and heavy downpours. Staff and volunteers still turned out in force with wellies and waterproofs. Volunteers helped...
This Saturday the Woodland Trust is kicking off new regular volunteer work days in the Avon Valley Woods, to involve local people in helping to care for these special woods. The Avon Valley Woods is one of the largest areas of open access woodland in south...
Encephalitis is an infectious disease which harms the brain. It is spread to people through tick bites and has unfortunately recently been identified in ticks in the UK for the first time. Public Health England (PHE) says it has confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus in...
Volunteers from Hazel Pear Wood in Cheshire met for their recent volunteer task day, coppicing hazel and small trees along with crown lifting trees along the footpath. A big thanks to everyone as it has made a really big difference, with 8 members of the...
Why are fungus important to woods? Well that is a very good question and having just been on a starter course to learn about Fungus I can give you a few reasons. At the end of September, the Woodland Trust Volunteers Day for the Northern Region...
Skipton’s sold out sixth annual lantern walk took place on Saturday attended by 600 walkers. The event generated £3,000 of ticket sales and £750.00 in local business sponsorship and feedback cards from visitors were rated as ‘excellent’ overall. Starting at Skipton Castle which opened especially for the...
Hello all Staff news As some of you will already know, Andy, our Estate Ranger ,will be leaving us mid-November to move to the Lake District. We will be really sad to see Andy go, he has made a huge contribution to the project in his time...