Albeit the rain, spirits were sky high last week thanks to a wonderful week of celebrating all things Brynau! When I first arrived on site I noticed the path was covered in tiny footprints… except they weren’t the foot prints of a rabbits, dogs nor deer… but...
Home Farm's Forest of Flowers Last summer was the crowning glory for Alwyn’s Forest of Flowers project in Huby, North Yorkshire… a pair of peregrines moved onto his land because the wildlife had increased so much that they felt this would be a great place to...
Large scale planting undertaken at Tebay Common, in Cumbria in 2012 and 2013 is now beginning to bear fruit both for biodiversity and flood reduction. The link to the film below shows the original work undertaken Tebay Common Planting Tebay Common was brought into an agri-environment scheme...
During times of self-isolation and social distancing, it is important that we all find ways to continue to connect with nature. Our Ancient Tree Inventory could provide the perfect way to learn more about the incredible world of ancient trees. The Ancient Tree Inventory is a...
Gwen Raes, Estate Ranger, and Hamish Thomson, Estate Manager, set up a wonderful day to kickstart the new visitor and event season for existing and new volunteers at Glen Finglas, our largest Woodland Trust estate in the UK. Volunteer roles there now include Woodland Engagement volunteers,...
The Northern Forest has been a priority for the Woodland Trust now for 2 seasons with huge targets to hit via our MOREwoods projects. As of last week, the number of trees planted within the Northern Forest through MOREwoods was 103,000 trees – An unbelievably...
On a rare dry Dartmoor day, the Timber! celebration took place, once again, at Pullabrook Wood in the Bovey Valley. As before, it was hosted by the Woodland Trust and Natural England but, this year, recent storms and floods have left the woods feeling a...
For a number of years The Woodland Trust has been working in partnership with Yorkshire Water and the National Trust to develop proposals for woodland creation on land owned by the partners across West Yorkshire under the auspices of The White Rose Forest’s Landscapes for...
The beginning of March saw the first volunteer event in the central region. Beautiful Belton House and it's stunning formal gardens and parkland provided the perfect place to host our event. Volunteers who carry out various roles, including tree health volunteers, woodland working group volunteers,...
Recently I gave a talk to students from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) about how volunteering works with the Woodland Trust. After this, we headed out for an enjoyable day's ancient tree recording in Glen Nevis, the beautiful glen below our highest...