On Tuesday the 2nd of October we will be launching our second QCC project - this time working in partnership with the Greater London Authority to send out 24,000 trees for planting in gardens across London. Each tree pack will include 2 trees - one for you...
Our long term volunteers at Lineover Wood in Cheltenham were joined by corporate volunteers from St James Place last week. They were helping to coppice rides and clear glades in the ancient woodland to benefit the rare woodland plants that grow at Lineover Wood, including Lily...
As Autumn arrives we can all sense the changes to the season. The green leaves turning into a mosaic of yellow, orange and red, giving us a final flourish of colour before Winter arrives. Traditionally people have linked trees to personal characteristics and linked the seasonal...
Kevin Trott and Sarah Worner ventured into deepest Dorset to Cerne Abbas village hall On September 25th . The Allington Hillbillies were awarded first prize in the environmental award at the Dorset Best Villages awards . It was sponsored by Magna Housing and Dorset Waste Partnership...
A huge thank you to all the volunteers who braved the rain to attend the Dorset and Somerset volunteer network event on Saturday, 22 September. The Fiddleford inn provided great hospitality serving teas and coffees along with the light lunch. Volunteers had a chance...
Jim Low volunteers at our beautiful Kinclaven Bluebell Wood as a Woodland Warden and a Woodland Working Group Leader. Jim is passionate about this stunning ancient oak wood and spends many a day observing and photographing the wildlife there. He has seen redstarts, spotted flycatchers, nuthatches,...
On the 14th of September, three hardy tree verifiers headed to Inchmahome Island on the Lake of Menteith, near Stirling, to record the spectacular ancient trees. David Alderman of the Tree Register of the British Isles has written a very enjoyable piece about their trip: The...
Earlier in the year we published a bulletin of the dangers of Ticks and Lyme disease, which unfortunately is becoming more prevalent in the UK. Ticks are most active between May & June and again between August and November. Since the our last article two members of Woodland Trust...
Every morning offers something different at the Smithills Estate. If you are wondering what Phil is doing in these pictures he is surveying diptera (flies). He's been studying Smithills diptera for years. Over the next months and years we'll be looking at species on the fire-damaged...
The hazel dormouse is one of those woodland animals that, just by its presence in the woods, gives us an indication of where the healthy habitats are. As a tree dwelling species, dormice need unbroken woodland cover to move around; foraging and finding a mate....