May is a month already bustling with weird and wonderful traditional customs celebrating Spring, so was there room in the calendar for a new one? Andy Bailey from Dartmoor’s Moor than meets the eye scheme believes so. On Sunday 19th at 11am, a small crowd started to...
Our very own Roger Parkinson was taken by surprise last Friday 10th May when he was given a special award by Horbury District Rotary Club. Not normally given to non-rotarians, Roger was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship for his considerable contribution to the ecology of...
On Thursday 23rd May, I was one of eight groggy but enthusiastic souls who assembled at 5.30am on a rather grey morning at the carpark at Urquhart Bay woods (locally known as "the Cover") to benefit from the expertise of Toby Green, a volunteer from...
The Hawthorn blossom at How Tun wood near Barrow in Furness this Spring has been a magnificent show, loads of pollen for the bees and plenty of future berries for the birds this winter. ...
Working quietly in the woods all winter, Tom Williams has been recording the populations of winter birds. To do this survey, it requires an extra layer or two of warm clothing and a well-trained ear for listening to bird song, watching, identifying and logging the...
Some fabulous pictures of a Kentish speciality - the Lady Orchid is rare in the UK outside of Kent and currently found at both Earley Wood and Denge and Pennypot Wood. Both woods are well known for their orchid displays! Thanks to volunteer warden,...
This took place on 19 May 2019: Fourteen attendees had a busy one day course at Scotton Village Hall followed by a walkabout in the Nidd Gorge woodland near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire with Edward Mills, where he shared his skills and experience as a Chartered...
Choosing a May Bank Holiday to hold an event, in hindsight was probably not a great idea and volunteer numbers were half (if not more) than usual. This however, turned out not to be so bad after all. The fruits of our efforts last June when...
The Kinclaven Bluebell Wood Woodland Working Group were back in action last weekend with a session to secure trees and their tubes planted last autumn, and to remove sitka, beech and larch regeneration within the existing woodland. Some of the tubes had gone decidedly wonky, and...
Things are always really exciting at Langley Vale Wood in Surrey and there is lots going on as usual! Thanks to Simon Bateman-Brown, Site Manager, we can now enjoy more recent news from his corner of this special project...