The Princess Royal officially opens Wales' First World War Centenary wood, Coed Ffos Las. It's been four years in the making, with many hundreds of local people including children helping to plant the trees, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has now formally opened Coed...
Did you know that you could help scientists to track the effects of weather and climate change on wildlife across the UK? Nature's Calendar is the UK's biggest record of the changing seasons with 2.9 million records and data stretching back to 1736. We need your...
Volunteers needed for last two sessions at Warren Farm Are you able to help us at Warren Farm on Tuesday 31st July or Tuesday 4th September? We are holding our last two sessions to remove Canadian goldenrod from the site as it affects the native wildflowers and...
On Friday 20th July we were warmly welcomed by staff at Folly farm, a beautiful conference centre set in Avon Wildlife trust grounds. The weather was kind to us, and after lunch we had a lovely walk. As the 20th July was the start of...
Rachael Ashdown is a Gateway/eco research/woodland working group volunteer at Glen Finglas. She took some time to write about her experience: [caption id="attachment_5985" align="alignnone" width="300"] Rachael[/caption] "Volunteering at the visitor gateway at Glen Finglas has been a great way for me to learn about and get involved...
The Faughan Valley runs from the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains along the beautiful River Faughan to the outskirts of Derry~Londonderry. Covering some 80 square miles, it has been identified as an area of strategic importance and the focus of our Treescape ambitions in Northern...
After two decades of campaigning we have today secured the future of ancient woods and trees. And we couldn't be happier! Government amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework published today mean ancient woods and ancient and veteran trees now have the highest possible protection from...
We were contacted by Butterfly Conservation, as they wanted to visit The Nymph Hay in order to look for Barberry Carpet Moth larvae. There are only 10 colonies left in Britain therefore they were hoping that the barberry plants on site at The Nymph Hay...
Nominations for the Volunteer of the Year close on Sunday 29th July. Do you volunteer with anyone who you think is worthy of an award? Is there anyone who springs to mind that goes above and beyond and should be nationally recognised? If so please nominate...
Liz Bracken has one of the most unusual volunteering roles in the Trust - she is our official osprey camera volunteer at Loch Arkaig. Liz lives on the opposite side of the Loch from our camera nest and can see it through a telescope from her...