We’re all very familiar with the idea of reporting accidents and incidents – it’s clear that when something goes wrong, we need to let someone know. This is not to apportion blame, but to learn from incidents and prevent them from recurring. What we’re not always...
On 21 August the Woodland Trust volunteers looking after Castle Hill and the three Derwenthead Woods in North West Durham welcomed additional support from a team of volunteers from the NHS. Working with NHS Corporate Services, a volunteers day was organised at Bale Hill Wood...
Nature's Calendar records being submitted over the last few weeks show that blackberries are ripening across the UK. Have you picked your first blackberry of the year yet? Maybe even had enough for a crumble? We take a look at the records over the last 10...
Weasel’s Snout - Misopates orontium Friday 12th July and the Arable Plant Group were out and about at Langley Vale Wood for the second of their summer training days, honing their plant identification skills. It was a lovely sunny day and after some initial talk about...
This article is I’m sorry to say not as the title might imply about the incredibly hard working volunteers at Tring Park but about the little known avenue of ‘grafted’ purple sycamores that runs from the Summerhouse to the Kings Ride. This unique avenue contains...
Dartmoor’s Wheelchair Access Group (WAGs), led by two Moorland Guides, have spent a day at East Dartmoor NNR testing a route for the Dartmoor Walking Festival in August (24th-1st September) to see what was possible for a wide range of wheelchair users. We met at Middle Trendlebere car...
Introduction day organised by the Woodland Trust and Living Woods North East. A team of seven Woodland Trust volunteers met up at the lovely Hedley Hall Wood location close to the Gateshead/ County Durham border on 17th August 2019 for an introduction day organised by the...
Visitors might be drawn in by the birds, bats and butterflies, or even the possibility of seeing an elusive otter, but the Bovey Valley, in the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve is also renowned for its more unassuming residents, an internationally renowned lichen population. The...
Hedgehogs hold a special place in our hearts. In a recent survey, they were voted Britain’s favourite mammal, polling more than a third of the votes. But what we know about these prickly pals is a major concern. Studies show that their numbers are declining...
With the exciting find of a Shrill carder bee at our Victory Wood site in Kent, The Bumblebee Conservation Trust wanted to share news of their poetry competition, open to people who reside in Kent who wish to wax lyrical - poetically of course - about...