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...
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...
Adam Shaw is a BBC personality and Woodland Trust ambassador (many of you may recognise him from previous Volunteer Awards events) and is in the process of producing a series of podcasts titled Woodland Walks, which tell the stories of the work that we do...
This weekend was our annual celebration of volunteering the National Volunteer Awards. The 2019 Volunteer awards were hosted at Kelham Hall in Nottinghamshire. The Gothic mansion was built in 1863 as a county house for the Manners-Sutton family. It was designed by architect Sir George Gilbert...
The latest blog from the Nature's Calendar team looks at the science behind why leaves change colour in the autumn. We also share some of the most beautiful autumnal tree and fly agaric photos submitted from our recorders. Take a look at how autumn is progressing...
On Saturday 7th December, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Ross Watson, Woodland Trust Site Manager for the north of Scotland, will be running an event at our site in Spinningdale, in conjunction with project Partners, Trees for Life. The event is for newly recruited squirrel...
A new group of volunteers has gathered in our newest Scottish wood, Dunollie Wood on the edge of Oban, to discuss future plans and input, and as Site manager, I went to meet them last week to discuss what their new volunteering role would be. ...
Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers in October 2019. Another busy day for the Castle Hill Wood volunteers on 16th October 2019 as we had the services of Mark, who has many years of experience, teaching us how to fell our trees as...