The volunteer group at Thorn Wood, which is on the outskirts of Northwich, Cheshire, is a relatively new group which was borne out of the work done by Saltscape; a local project that came to an end in 2017. Since its beginnings a few months ago,...
Forty three people of all ages turned out to help at the start of this month for the #GBSpringClean on Birchwood Forest Park. Many thanks to The Friends of Birchwood Forest Park, the Friends of Gorse Covert Mounds and the scout groups from Locking Stumps...
A huge thanks to all of the volunteers who came along to our first North east volunteer network day last Saturday. It was wonderful to meet so many of you and put so many faces to names. Our morning was spent at Beamish Museum, where all...
We are delighted to tell you that Broadleaf packaging has had a make-over. It’s out with the previous polyethylene wrapping, and in with the lovely new FSC-certified paper envelope, beautifully designed with the issue’s front cover as above. As you’ll all be aware, there has been...
Words by Katharine Wootton from Yours magazine With many of our trees under threat as never before from disease and development, we explore the different ways three volunteers are coming to the rescue. I help ancient trees thrive – Judy Dowling As a nursery teacher Judy used to...
The Ash Project is an urgent cultural response to ash dieback led by Kent Downs AONB. The South East at the Woodland Trust team have recently supplied The Ash Project with over 1500 trees to replace diseased ash in Thorn Wood, Brockhill Country Park and Placketts...
We are running a campaign for better behaved dogs and dog owners at Moncreiffe Hill Wood outside Perth. There has been a spate of problems including livestock disturbance, fouling and out of control dogs jumping on people. Site manager Jill Aitken decided it was time to steer dog owners...
With nearly 70 species and 180 events there are opportunities for everyone to get involved with Nature’s Calendar. By sharing your wildlife sightings you will be contributing to a dataset with records dating back to 1753. This provides an invaluable source of information for researchers...
If you are a volunteer at Skipton Castle Woods, Heartwood Forest or Tring Park you may have heard a member of staff talk about it as a Destination Site. The term Destination Site is a phrase that can cause some confusion. A better way of...
Ancient woodland has been around for centuries and supports some of our richest and most precious wildlife habitats. These areas which have been undisturbed for hundreds of years are often home to rare wildlife and sensitive woodland plants and each unique woodland offers us a...