[caption id="attachment_6966" align="alignright" width="300"] Picture: Michael Cooper[/caption] A monster of a giant redwood in Castlewellan, County Down, has been crowned Northern Ireland’s Tree of the Year in a search for the nation’s best-loved tree. Organised by the Woodland Trust, the competition was open to any living tree...
A couple of weekends ago 65 brave runners tackled the Bovey Beauty 10-mile fell race that starts and finishes in the Woodland Trust's Pullabrook Wood on Dartmoor. Organised as part of the Moor than Meets the Eye partnership with Natural England and the Dartmoor National Parks Authority,...
New site manager for Hertfordshire Luke Shenton met up with Heartwood volunteers Brian Legg. Tim Wright and Edric Williams the other day for a tour of the site. Brian, Tim and Edric are part of a team of volunteers who have dedicated their time over a number...
Since the Fingle Woods restoration project began in late 2013, a lot has changed. Volunteers have cleared clumps of invasive plants and built new bridges while contractors have cut down conifers and thinned out timber trees. from this Dense shading conifer to and this sunny woodland...
Volunteers discovered the natural and cultural history of Uffmoor Wood recently when they were joined by local expert and retired Woodland Warden Ken Gregory. Ken lead a guided walk around the site, pointing out various locations of historical significance, such as the digging of marl...
Back in June 2018 the Woodland Trust secured Heritage lottery Funding to complete the first phase of a project set to revitalise the Faughan valley landscape, on the outskirts of Derry/Londonderry. The Faughan Valley runs from the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains along the beautiful...
It all started with a sunny day in April during the Royal Forestry society visit to Fingle Woods. The sun was blazing down on the road bisecting Wooston Hillfort and as I was driving along, a dazzling show of orange flashed by the vehicle. Now...
Answer: they are all bats found at a recent bat survey at Colerne Park and Monks Wood run by volunteers from the local Wiltshire bat group. The group was targeting Bechstein’s and Barbastelle bats, as the site is an ideal habitat for these species and there has been...
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...