As May progresses, all over the UK ticks will become a site hazard once again, and will remain so until November. The threat of Lyme disease is real, and must be taken seriously by Woodland Trust Staff and Volunteers. “The Big Tick Project” provides post...
Bolton is known for many things but perhaps one of the most famous is the rain. Sometimes referred to locally as 'Bowl-Town' we usually collect a lot of the wet stuff no matter what time of year it is. Despite this, our core group of...
We are breathing a sigh of relief after the first egg was laid at our Loch Arkaig Osprey Nest Camera, supported by players of People's Postcode Lottery. Louis and Aila have led us a merry dance since their return on April 4. We were really worried they...
Over the last couple of months a team of volunteers from Glen Finglas' Woodland Working Group and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park have turned out to tidy up an area through which the long-distance Great Trossachs Path passes. Originally the land had been a...
Woodland working group members at Oakfield Glen & Bashfordsland Wood got a lovely sunny day for their last task day on site! The group got stuck into sowing some wildflower sees sourced from Eco seeds along the edges of the pathway. The group meet every 2nd...
on 24th April it was exactly a year since a team of archaeologists and volunteers set out quite literally, to unearth the secrets of Wooston Castle, one of three Iron Age Hill Forts built along the Teign Valley. With commanding views across the river; the...
Thanks to fantastic volunteer, Rob Lyne, for sharing these wonderful pictures with us from Earley Wood in Kent this month. Can you name what they are? (scroll down for answers...
Song of Slate and Steam in Hafod y Llyn BOOK HERE. Spring is the perfect time to enjoy Meirionnydd’s oakwoods and we will keep eyes – and ears – out for migrant birds such as Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler as they arrive from Africa and fill...
Spring is finally upon us and it’s time to get out there and take it all in. We have a beautiful and interesting walk planned for 19th May along the historic Clywedog trail through Plas Power Woods near Wrexham where you can do just that…....
A big thanks to all of our woodland working group leaders who came along to join us on our group leader training this weekend. Our two courses, one in Birchwood near Warrington, and one in Stillington, near Stockton on Tees,saw us joined by many of...