It is always sad to say goodbye to respected colleagues and no less so than when Ed Goodall left the Trust this month to take up a new role with Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Ed had been with the Trust for nearly four years and...
A small group of ATI verifiers and volunteers from the Woodland Trust's Nidd Gorge met at the West end of Harrogate Valley Gardens for the purpose of learning more about conifers. On a very warm and sunny day our leader John Killingbeck initially looked at...
Dunollie Wood is a site that we acquired via a long term lease two years ago. It is an absolute jewel of west coast Atlantic Rainforest in the heart of Oban town, overlooking the sea. A stroll along what I have termed the promenade path,...
When I spoke to David, he was in Pembrokeshire getting ready to explore the rugged coast of Strumble Head. Seven years ago, David was on the verge of retirement when he heard a Woodland Trust article on the radio. He looked online, found our volunteer opportunities,...
I recently met up with Helen and one of her many dogs on her patch at Coed Ffos Las. Coed Ffos Las is a young woodland bursting into life, planted on the slopes of the Gwendraeth Valley as a memorial to lives lost in the First...
There were metaphorical giants and real giants at Preston Hall near Pathhead, south of Edinburgh, on Friday 28th May! The metaphorical ones were the volunteers who put in giant efforts with recording and verifying trees for the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI). The Ancient Tree Verifiers in...
Just a short distance away from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, Pepper Wood is a much-loved community woodland, enjoyed by a number of visitors from all walks of life. The Pepper Wood Woodland Working Group (WWG), also known as the Pepper Wood Community Group are based there and they are integral to the...
Mike spoke to me from his home backing on to the woods which he helped to plant in his village. Haroldswood is a 1.5 acre woodland. The site was formerly pasture and it is named after the donor of the land. It was designed and planted...
The latest issue of Wood Wise delves deeper into some of the issues highlighted in our landmark State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2021 report. Our internal and external expert contributors discuss the important contribution that our report makes to the body of scientific evidence for UK woodland conservation, and...
I was delighted to hear from George Guthrie, who is a volunteer warden as well as a wildlife monitor at our beautiful Portmoak Moss site in Kinross-shire, that he has been able to get out monitoring invertebrates again at Portmoak Moss. George has been monitoring the...