With normal podcast recording hampered by lockdown, this episode follows author Tracy Chevalier on her regular walk among the trees of Hampstead Heath. She describes how trees bring her comfort, considers how lockdown has changed our attitudes to nature, introduces us to two trees that...
Our local golf course has been a place of some wonder in the last few weeks. As we (cautiously) emerge from lockdown, I know how valuable this space has been for local people. We are fortunate to have plenty of green space on our doorstep, including...
Woodland Trust Voluntary Warden Saddhavati Monahan reflects on the Trust’s new aqcuisition in Spinningdale There is a piece of woodland on the edge of Spinningdale known as the Fairy Glen, through which the Allt nan Euan flows into the Spinnningdale Burn. It’s a small piece of...
Members of the public are being asked to be on the lookout for the White-legged Damselfly, which is on the decline in the UK. Usually found fluttering along lushly vegetated margins of rivers, streams, pools and lakes in southern England and Wales, there are concerns...
Lockdown has hampered the recording of our usual woodland walks podcast, so instead we’re chatting to some well-known personalities about the natural world - their favourite places, memories, hopes for the future and more. First up is Steph McGovern, journalist and presenter of BBC Breakfast,...
Dear volunteer, Today marks the start of national Volunteers' Week. But who would have known it? Things are looking very different this year and we’re unable to celebrate with you in our usual way. For the first time in decades, our volunteers have been unable to work...
Busy blue tits having been nesting, butterflies are a flutter, bees buzzing and beautiful bluebells have flowered. The colour of towns, cities and the countryside have changed as nature creates a feast for the senses through spring. While we've mostly watched spring unfold from our homes...
This is a short ‘spring update’ from North West Durham. In this time of lockdown and restricted movement, may I share an update on the progress of four Woodland Trust Woods. Our last volunteers session with the Castle Hill and Derwenthead woods group was back in...
Big Novels about Big Forests Lockdown, with its many frustrations, has, nevertheless, been a opportunity to do some reading, and I’ve made my way to the end of two arboreal novels in the past few weeks. Both of them have, in their own ways, offered perplexed...
I hope all WT staff and volunteers are well and getting through these strange times, and that nature is helping. One of the things on my mind these last few weeks has been what I am missing - many of my special places are beyond...