I am very lucky. I look out of my living room window into an ancient woodland. It is a relatively small stand of around 4 hectares but has a wide variety of species, mainly broadleaf, but also a handful of old Scots Pine trees, tall...
Langley Vale Wood is one of our largest sites in the South East and it has been exciting to see the project develop, though not without its challenges. Simon Bateman-Brown, Site Manager, kindly took the time recently to provide an update on the latest goings...
For 2019, Smithills is continuing to expand the team and range of engagement offers to local communities. 2019 is promising to be another huge year for the project, so let's start off with the new member of the team. New Ranger Andy Thorn is our newest member of...
Our small but perfectly formed heritage research volunteer team in the South East recently got together with their Volunteer Manager and SE Outreach Advisor, Jim Smith-Wright, for a day celebrating their achievements and to talk about future developments in their projects. Enjoying a morning at the...
First thanks to all of you who turned out on 2nd of March when I was away and to Bev and Jay for the photos and filling in the details of your excellent work. Eight of you Bev, Brian, Chris and John Hunt, Richard, George,...
Hello all It’s been a very busy week here! Tree planting This week 260 people have helped us to plant 3,000 trees – we were joined by four local schools, the Forestry Commission, Seddons, Selfridges, Enterprise Car Hire, Co-op Insurance, Bolton at Home, AFG Law, City of...
Many thanks to Jan, Lynn, Daniela and Stephenfrom our Friends of Gorse Cover Mounds group for all the hard physical work replacing the willow in the willow arch at the Gorse Covert Mounds site, near Warrington, as well as making a new willow dome. The...
You have only 2 days left to give your views in the Investing in Volunteers survey which is helping us shape the future of volunteering at the Woodland Trust. It's really important that we hear from as many current volunteers as possible so please follow the link below and answer...
The Woodland Trust has been told it cannot see detailed maps for a new train line between Oxford and Cambridge, proposed by East West Rail, unless the charity signs a gagging order to prevent sharing information with its supporters , even though the track could...
Kylie Jones Mattock reports from her patch in North Wales: Last year was all about joined-up management at Coed Felinrhyd & Llennyrch! The third-largest site in Wales, the wood comprises a Planted Ancient Woodland Site known as Coed Felinrhyd, which has been undergoing gradual restoration in...