I am often asked by Scotland volunteers if we could run tree ID training, and indeed the tree ID workshop at our Scotland volunteering conference was the most popular, so we’ve listened and I'm setting up some events to do just that; one in East...
As we come to the end of the year, and with the butterfly survey season well behind us, there’s a chance to reflect on the survey season and to plan for next year. Simon Smith, who has written this end of season report, is one...
Dear all Hope you have all had a good week. A few updates from the Estate for you: Staffing Our Site Manager, Mark Gordon, has left the team. Mark had been part of the team since the Woodland Trust first bought the Estate, so although he did not...
Many of Fingle’s success stories have come about when multiple facets of the restoration project are brought together. When these positive forces are combined, the outcome is more than the sum of the individual parts and, by that definition, a new project that started in...
[caption id="attachment_15189" align="alignright" width="440"] Wassail procession at Langley Vale Wood. Photo credit: Tish Johnson[/caption] On Sunday 12 January volunteers from Langley Vale Wood picked up their pots and pans, embellished their stakes and wooden pegs and went wassailing to scare away evil spirits and wake the...
Marden Park is set on the narrow plateau and slopes of the North Downs in East Surrey, close to the village of Woldingham. The 67.8 hectare site is a mix of ancient and secondary wood with pockets of chalk grassland. Ash dominates the canopy in...
As we begin to welcome in the New Year, I wished to share with you a selection of Coed Cadw’s 2019 highlights as well as forward a few words from our Wales Director -Natalie Buttriss. ‘So I thought my first year at the Trust was a...
It is of course possible that the prospect of a morning’s energetic “groundworks” was the reason for our number being reduced to the usual stalwarts: John and Chris, George, Jay, Richard, and David. Special credit should go to Bev who came despite having to leave...
A £1 million push for the Faughan Valley landscape gets underway The National Lottery Heritage Fund (HF) has announced funding of over £484,400 for a Woodland Trust project set to revitalise the Faughan Valley landscape, on the outskirts of Derry/Londonderry. The funding boost will enable the...
Hello all Happy New Year! I hope that you have all had a good Christmas and that 2020 is treating you well so far. January is quiet in terms of events, but there are one or two things to update you about: January task day Our Practical Group Leaders...