The autumn 2019 issue of Wood Wise dispels any myths about deadwood and raises awareness of its importance to people and wildlife. Learn more about the ecology of wood decomposition – one of nature’s essential recycling processes – and the importance of wood for river health. We also...
We bought the Hucking Estate in 1997 and began our ground-breaking restoration project. Twenty years later the people of Kent and beyond rallied in their thousands to donate to our urgent appeal to bring a slice of disused farmland next to Hucking safely into our...
Come and record some of the big, old trees at Glamis with us to celebrate National Volunteers' Week. This will be the 4th year running that we have recorded trees in the 1st week in June, but previous years have been at Drummond Castle near Comrie. Only...
It’s a new year, with new plans and resolutions, the time of year where we think about changes we can make to ensure this year is the best one yet. Holly and ivy, evergreen plants, are symbols of new life, said by some to offer...
Volunteers at Hucking Estate found this interesting spectacle in the site community orchard last week - we believe it could be Trentepohlia sp. (an algae rather than lichen, but has a symbiotic relationship with lichen) which is more commonplace on ash bark and other trees. ...
I am often asked by Scotland volunteers if we could run tree ID training, and indeed the tree ID workshop at our Scotland volunteering conference was the most popular, so we’ve listened and I'm setting up some events to do just that; one in East...
As we come to the end of the year, and with the butterfly survey season well behind us, there’s a chance to reflect on the survey season and to plan for next year. Simon Smith, who has written this end of season report, is one...
Many of Fingle’s success stories have come about when multiple facets of the restoration project are brought together. When these positive forces are combined, the outcome is more than the sum of the individual parts and, by that definition, a new project that started in...
[caption id="attachment_15189" align="alignright" width="440"] Wassail procession at Langley Vale Wood. Photo credit: Tish Johnson[/caption] On Sunday 12 January volunteers from Langley Vale Wood picked up their pots and pans, embellished their stakes and wooden pegs and went wassailing to scare away evil spirits and wake the...
Marden Park is set on the narrow plateau and slopes of the North Downs in East Surrey, close to the village of Woldingham. The 67.8 hectare site is a mix of ancient and secondary wood with pockets of chalk grassland. Ash dominates the canopy in...