Woodland Trust Scotland is celebrating after a last minute victory in our campaign to save Forestry Commission Scotland from being swallowed up into the mainstream civil service. The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill was passed by unanimous agreement in the Scottish Parliament. Opposition MSPs successfully...
Last year people all over the world followed the exploits of our Loch Arkaig osprey pair, thanks to a live web stream supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The great news is that the birds are back, the camera is on and the whole...
I visited Hillhouse wood on a particularly wintry day, but the falling snow combined with the stillness and silence in the wood made for a magical visit! Meeting the Hillhouse wood volunteers at their usual meeting point, we made our way over to the wood, walking...
A big thank you to everyone who came along and volunteered at our first volunteer day at Langton Wood, near Stockton on Tees. With the support of our site manager Richard Wilson, volunteers helped with cutting back in the woodland and installed a fabulous new bench on...
One of our MOREwoods clients has nearly 900 trees to plant on her land near Riccarton Mill in the Scottish Borders this season, but is physically unable to plant them herself. Four gallant Woodland Trust volunteers came to the rescue last weekend, including Keith Knight,...
A hidden gem, deep in the Suffolk countryside, Hartest Wood has an interesting history A dedicated band of Woodland Trust volunteers get together a few times a year to look after the wood for the benefit of wildlife and visitors alike. Hartest wood is no ordinary...
Welcome to the very first edition of our Super Campaigner News on Whittle! Here at the Woodland Trust, we're pretty excited about Whittle and I hope it proves to be a great resource and community for you. Going forward I'll be using Whittle to share updates...
In November the Engagement and communications Managers and Volunteer Development Officers for England went to visit Fingle wood and had a very interesting day guided by Dave Rickwood and Eleanor Lewis. We were driven round the wood, learnt about the partnership we have with the National...
November 2nd was the end of the ‘Ancient Boundary Season’. We all gathered in the Fingle Bridge Inn for a Thursday evening lecture where Alex Hamer, the intern who had led the surveying across the summer and autumn, summarised the work we had been doing and...
Thank you to all the volunteers who made it to The network event on Dartmoor in March. We were very lucky with the weather, managing to choose the weekended in between the snow. Had it have been snowing it would have mande getting to the venues very...