We are starting a new feature in the South East Whittle diary - species of the month! We couldn't decide if we wanted to do mammal of the month, bird of the month, plant of the month, etc so here is a way to encompass...
Woodland Trust volunteers and staff members have come together to thank and praise super Heartwood Forest volunteer Tim Wright. Counting woodland working group leader as one of his many volunteer roles, Tim is responsible for the coordination of the Woodland Working Group (WWG). He arranges and...
River Monitoring in the Faughan Valley - by Avril McAllister One of the highlights for me during this last year of restrictions on our lives, has been the enjoyment of being a citizen scientist! That’s a grand title for splashing about in a...
I recently spoke to Clifton after his weekly virtual kettle bells session to hear his volunteering story. When Clifton was approaching retirement, he sent out a few emails to various charities offering his upcoming spare time. Our then site manager, Kylie Jones Mattock, quickly responded with...
Dear Woodland Trust Scotland volunteer, Some of you may have heard that Carol Evans, former Director of Woodland Trust Scotland, retired a couple of months ago. Carol is sorely missed for her energy, “can do” approach and amazing warmth and passion. She’s a hard act to follow,...
The excitement of reuniting as a Woodland Working Group this year has recently been dashed by lockdown and the hard times that early 2021 brought with it. With this in mind, it felt especially good to be back in the woods this Bank Holiday weekend...
Dear Central Region Volunteers, Writing this feels like deja vu, it does not seem that long ago I was writing a message coming out of the first lockdown, and here we are a year later, with restrictions lifting, and a sense of excitement that some form...
Maxine and Sheila both started volunteering in the woodland working group at Dyffryn about four years ago, and they’ve become firm friends. Dyffryn was overrun with invasive species and had been planted with conifers. There was a lot of work for the volunteer group on site...
Hello. National Volunteers' Week is already upon us. But just like last year it’s not without it challenges! Things continue to be very different again this year and we’re unable to celebrate with you in our usual way, but we remain positive and we’ve already seen...