This month we welcome some wonderful new volunteers to Special Branch and prepare ourselves for the biggest lobby event of the year. It's also the final month for nominations for both Tree of the Year and the Volunteer of the Year. Don't miss out! The Time...
Happy National Volunteering Week! On behalf of the Wales team, let me take this opportunity to say a massive "Thank you!" for all your time and effort. Your contributions allow us to maximise the benefit of our work to woods and trees. We are lucky...
A few days ago I met up with site manager Stephen Reynolds to visit and explore a couple of Woodland Trust sites in Bedfordshire. This visit provided an opportunity to see two woodlands of very different age, relatively newly planted Plummers Wood near Haynes, Shefford...
On a recent holiday to Argyll and on the recommendation of Gwen, the Glen Finglas ranger, I paid a visit to the Woodland Trust site at Crinan Wood. On a beautiful evening I ascended the ‘rainforest’ from Crinan Harbour. A steep path, through wonderful atlantic oak...
May is a month already bustling with weird and wonderful traditional customs celebrating Spring, so was there room in the calendar for a new one? Andy Bailey from Dartmoor’s Moor than meets the eye scheme believes so. On Sunday 19th at 11am, a small crowd started to...
Our very own Roger Parkinson was taken by surprise last Friday 10th May when he was given a special award by Horbury District Rotary Club. Not normally given to non-rotarians, Roger was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship for his considerable contribution to the ecology of...
On Thursday 23rd May, I was one of eight groggy but enthusiastic souls who assembled at 5.30am on a rather grey morning at the carpark at Urquhart Bay woods (locally known as "the Cover") to benefit from the expertise of Toby Green, a volunteer from...
The Hawthorn blossom at How Tun wood near Barrow in Furness this Spring has been a magnificent show, loads of pollen for the bees and plenty of future berries for the birds this winter. ...
Working quietly in the woods all winter, Tom Williams has been recording the populations of winter birds. To do this survey, it requires an extra layer or two of warm clothing and a well-trained ear for listening to bird song, watching, identifying and logging the...
Some fabulous pictures of a Kentish speciality - the Lady Orchid is rare in the UK outside of Kent and currently found at both Earley Wood and Denge and Pennypot Wood. Both woods are well known for their orchid displays! Thanks to volunteer warden,...