Once again a big thank you to one of our volunteers Geoff Foale who has sent in all these amazing photos taken Aveton Wood. Not only does Geoff send in these brilliant pictures but he also takes the time to label them too which means...
Trees. Our unsung heroes. Our urban observers. The life preservers. The givers. The takers The generation makers The wonder creators. Home to our pollinators Big. Small. Urban. Remote. Our oasis, our sanctuary, our escape … Watch our brand new TV advert which went live today and will run until the 1st November as part...
Not many were able to come to the Working Party on the 5th - perhaps due to a typing error in the last Newsletter! However six of us were able to carry on with the beehive path which is now almost complete. As always there...
Woodland Trust Volunteer Ian Baird recently visited the Isle of Mull with the Trust’s Croft Woodland Project Officer for Argyll & Lochaber, Iona Hyde. The purpose of the visit was for Iona to carry out a number of project monitoring visits and for Ian to...
Coffee and cheese scones have become the traditional start to the day for a small group of tree recorders in south east Scotland. In early September we met at a cafe near Pathhead, a village on the main road south from Edinburgh to plan our...
On 23rd and 24th September the staff team from Woodland Trust Scotland descended on the village of Shieldaig to put our heads together about our plans for this spectacular new aquisition in terms of restoring and expanding this special forested mountain. [caption id="attachment_13618" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Ben Shieldaig...
Our first Scotland Volunteering Conference was held at the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre in Perthshire over the weekend. I would like to thank each and every one of you that came along to the event. For me it was all about the people, and...
A huge thank you to everyone who came along and joined us at our latest volunteer gathering, taking place at Shipley Country park last Saturday The day started with a really interesting and useful update about all of our work on local woodland trust sites by...
The series of volunteer-led walks at Hackfall continued as part of the Heritage Open Days weekend on September 14th and 15th. Although the weather varied considerably, with the Trust marquee getting blown to the side of the field at one point, there were four successful...
MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN I am delighted to announce that, following a rigorous, externally-competitive selection process, the Board has appointed Darren Moorcroft, currently Director of Estate and Woodland Outreach, as our new CEO. He will take up the role on 1st October 2019. Darren has shown passion,...