May
20
2019
New Staff: Engagement and Communications Officer – South Wales!
Maggie has recently joined the Wales team. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce her to all you volunteers out there...
May
17
2019
Celebrating our volunteer wardens
A very rewarding and extremely important role, no two days are the same as a volunteer warden. Our series of profiles of some of our fantastic volunteer team continues by taking a brief glimpse into the world of this wonderful woodland creature...
May
17
2019
Silky saws – injury and reminder on safe use.
In a recent incident a worker suffered a very severe hand injury using a Silky Saw whilst engaged in conservation work for a partner organisation. The injury was caused by the blade jumping out of a pinch when it was pushed and coming into contact...
May
17
2019
New volunteer led guided walks programme at Hackfall
Yesterday saw the launch of our new volunteer led guided walks programme at Hackfall. A huge thanks to Paul Randall and Tom Richardson, two of our new guided walk leaders, who led the walk. Hackfall sits just outside the village of Grewelthorpe in North Yorkshire. The beautiful woodland landscape...
May
16
2019
Celebrating Trees with the Tree of the Year Contest
I'm Juliet, a Super Campaigner volunteer, currently campaigning round the Tree of the Year contest. As a Super Campaigner I find that a lot of the campaigning is to prevent development that would damage or destroy woodland and trees and this can seem like a...
May
16
2019
Tube and Post Re-Fix at Four Lane Ends Wood in County Durham
A busy day at the Four Lane Ends Wood. 15th May 2019 : The 5 person team of volunteers have spent a busy day working in the wood which was planted a few years ago on an exposed hill near Consett in the beautiful North West...
May
16
2019
City Nature Challenge
A huge thank you to everyone involved in the 4-day City Nature Challenge 2 weekends ago – we managed to register over 5,000 records (observations) across the Greater Manchester region, covering 800+ species! We came 6th in Europe and were respectably mid-table globally, which considering the...
May
16
2019
Smithills Update 13th May 2019
Hi all and welcome to our latest Smithills update Staffing Russ Hedley will be leaving us in July, after four years’ working on the project. Russ’s guided walks business has gone from strength to strength (and anyone who has been on one of his walks will not be...
May
16
2019
Save our bluebells at Heartwood
Spring sees the emergence of bluebells, which are a beautiful addition to many of our woodlands. We invite everybody to enjoy this amazing floral spectacle which sees the woodland floor carpeted in vibrant blue flora. Langley Wood is one of the woods at Heartwood Forest...
May
14
2019
Do you like dragonflies, butterflies and bog ecology? – come along to Portmoak on 15th June
We still have spaces on our next Scotland Volunteer gathering. It's at Portmoak Moss in Fife, and with the theme of biodiversity, we'll be hearing from members of Portmoak Moss Community Woodland Group, who look after the moss and are very knowledgeable about its ecology and...