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...
Some of you will be aware that earlier this year, Sam Manning, our Assistant Site Manager covering Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire left our company to join the South West team. We were sad to say goodbye, but pleased that Sam remained at the Woodland Trust...
Hello all Hope you have had a good week. Updates since last week… Volunteer hours Total hours for the year so far is 4766.75. If you’re interested in each group here’s the totals: Woodland Working Group (task days etc) 1068.25 hours Events Volunteering 458.75 History Group 261.75 Practical Group Leaders 79 Education Volunteering ...
Back in the 1980’s Storeton Woods in Bebington near Liverpool on the Wirral was used for motorbike scrambling and hosting “war games” with permission of the previous owner of the woods who charged for these activities. This constant noise, pollution, disturbance and damage to the...