March and April has seen a flurry of activity at Smithills in Bolton, and not just the snow variety, starting the long anticipated tree planting programme. Volunteers have been actively involved in the preparations and assisting local dignitaries, school and college groups, community and family...
I hope you have all been able to be out enjoying the outdoors in this sunny spring weather! At the time of writing, on the last day of our NPPF campaign, it has reached 9859. The numbers have shot up because we have now added the...
A timely reminder about Lyme’s disease and other nasty’s… As May commences, so does the Tick Season – makes me itch just thinking about it. As I’m sure you are all aware Ticks carry Lyme disease – a Zoonotic infection that can have significant impact on a person’s...
Fighting ash dieback Like other volunteer groups, after several years of working through the seasons, getting to know our wood and its wildlife, we’re pretty attached to it. So when ash dieback hits, it is hard to stand helplessly by, watching the disease progress through the wood,...
Site manager Jill Aitken runs an annual competition for students at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, to come up with a piece of work that will engage visitors at Moncreiffe Hill Wood just outside Perth. The competition gives...
Spud Wood in Oughtrington, Lymm, is a 17.22 hectare woodland which was planted in 1998/99 as part of the Woodland Trust’s "Woods On Your Doorstep" millennium project. Its name was suggested by local school children through a competition, and is a reminder of its historic use...
Local volunteers from Redmarshallk and the surrounding area all turned out to Langton Wood in the belated spring sunshine a couple of weeks ago, to enjoy a mornings tree planting at the site with trees provided through Woodland Trust tree packs. Many trees were planted and a great day...
In 2011 one of Friends of Gorsve Covert Mounds first events was to plant native bluebells, helped by the Mersey Forest team at the time to source the bulbs and learn how to select a site and plant the bulbs. Today I was able to...
On Sunday 29th April, members of the Woodland Trust Portmoak Moss volunteer Woodland Working Group joined forces with Butterfly Conservation Scotland's Bog Squad, to remove rejenerating birch from the highly biodiverse bog area of Portmoak Moss. There was a great turnout and removing encroaching birch will help to maintain populations...
A growing desire from schools to plant trees has led the Woodland Trust to launch a new resource for teachers. Tree Tools for Schools has been funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to help teachers work out the best number and...