Monitoring wildlife on the Woodland Trust estate is incredibly important. It can help to inform our management of the site, contribute to national databases tracking population trends, and consequently lead to positive change in policy and practice to benefit wildlife. It is therefore essential that...
Hello all Well, we are just about recovering from our tree planting weeks! Thank you to EVERYONE who came along throughout the fortnight and helped our visiting groups to get trees planted. We’ve had brilliant feedback from everyone who came along. The mass tree planting on...
Despite being densely populated, the South East region remains highly wooded and rich in ancient woodland. Each year we work with volunteers to deliver high standards of woodland management for people and wildlife across 115 Woodland Trust sites covering approximately 3,300 hectares of woodland. [caption id="attachment_14527"...
Halloween may now be a distant memory for most, but for over 600 people who braved Hainault Forest's annual Spooky Walk, it will be forever etched in their minds! George Lewis, Visitor Experience Officer, was there to oversee the scary shenanigans: "On all hallows’ eve, as the...
Standing out in the landscape, Gault wood is a lush green woodland surrounded by arable fields in the Fens. Located close to the Cambridgeshire town of March, the closest wood is 10kms away! The woodland was planted entirely by a team of volunteers from the...
By Nigel Watson, Volunteer Warden at Great Ridings Wood A successful one-day practical conservation project at Great Ridings Wood was held on Sunday 17 November. The aim was to cut back the large, invasive laurel between the woodland and the bridleway on the south edge of...
From 5-9 November 2019 we hosted a week of tree planting opportunities for the community around Kinclaven Bluebell Wood. Over the week we managed to plant 4,390 trees. The trees were planted in a field to the south of the existing ancient woodland which will...
It’s fantastic to see so many articles about trees and woods in the news recently – and rightly so. They are centre-stage in the battle against climate change and the nature crisis. Check out our response with our Big Climate Fightback No wonder we’ve never been...
Following on from the initial Fingle hedgehog survey, the footprint tunnels have been set out again to find out whether these spiky little mammals are out and about in the woods before they go into hibernation for the winter. A young hedgehog that has been...
Hello everyone Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Charlotte your new Assistant Campaigner. For the past two weeks I have been getting my boots under the table and getting to grips with my new role at the Woodland Trust. I have been having a look at your Twitter...