NIEL, together with partners across the Nature Matters NI campaign, have been working hard to raise awareness about the proposed new Agricultural Framework for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland needs an agriculture policy that protects and restores the environment on which farming depends: here’s your chance to...
The Woodland Trust is celebrating wonderful news from Tring Park! On Friday 21st September Tring Park was assessed by 'Visit England' with the hope that the destination site would be awarded the 'Visitor attraction quality accreditation'. Great news in the end, Tring Park received a score...
Volunteers based around East Anglia and close by attended a volunteer network event at the weekend. The get together was held on a sunny, autumnal day at the village of West Bergholt, Essex. Volunteers from 5 different woodland working groups attended and these groups carry...
On Tuesday the 2nd of October we will be launching our second QCC project - this time working in partnership with the Greater London Authority to send out 24,000 trees for planting in gardens across London. Each tree pack will include 2 trees - one for you...
Our long term volunteers at Lineover Wood in Cheltenham were joined by corporate volunteers from St James Place last week. They were helping to coppice rides and clear glades in the ancient woodland to benefit the rare woodland plants that grow at Lineover Wood, including Lily...
As Autumn arrives we can all sense the changes to the season. The green leaves turning into a mosaic of yellow, orange and red, giving us a final flourish of colour before Winter arrives. Traditionally people have linked trees to personal characteristics and linked the seasonal...
Kevin Trott and Sarah Worner ventured into deepest Dorset to Cerne Abbas village hall On September 25th . The Allington Hillbillies were awarded first prize in the environmental award at the Dorset Best Villages awards . It was sponsored by Magna Housing and Dorset Waste Partnership...
A huge thank you to all the volunteers who braved the rain to attend the Dorset and Somerset volunteer network event on Saturday, 22 September. The Fiddleford inn provided great hospitality serving teas and coffees along with the light lunch. Volunteers had a chance...
Jim Low volunteers at our beautiful Kinclaven Bluebell Wood as a Woodland Warden and a Woodland Working Group Leader. Jim is passionate about this stunning ancient oak wood and spends many a day observing and photographing the wildlife there. He has seen redstarts, spotted flycatchers, nuthatches,...
On the 14th of September, three hardy tree verifiers headed to Inchmahome Island on the Lake of Menteith, near Stirling, to record the spectacular ancient trees. David Alderman of the Tree Register of the British Isles has written a very enjoyable piece about their trip: The...