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...
by Maggie McCallum Glen Finglas Woodland Engagement volunteer Recently I was struck by the connections among the different activities of WT volunteers when I met some lovely people at Glen Finglas. The couple I spoke with were considering different areas of woodland available within the beautiful estate for...
William Maidlow reports on our guided walk - A song of slate and steam On a fine May morning a group of 14 walkers assembled at the Ffestiniog Railway’s Tan y Bwlch station for a walk of approximately 4 miles in the woods of Dyffryn Maentwrog,...
Woodland Trust has brokered an alliance between some of Scotland's largest nature conservation organisations in a bid to save the country’s dwindling rainforests. [caption id="attachment_10956" align="alignnone" width="300"] Birchwoods at Ben Shieldaig. Pic by Phil Formby[/caption] Members of the Atlantic Woodland Alliance gathered at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh...
Tree-mendous news! We are delighted to report we have our first ringed Lapwing chicks at Langley Vale Wood! A local bird monitoring and ringing group announced last week that they were able to find and ring three chicks after four chicks were observed at the nest site...
It's that time of year again when The Woodland Trust is urging trees lovers to stump up nominations for Northern Ireland's Tree of the Year 2019. A tree may be a village's oldest inhabitant, a founding figure in a region's identity, a natural monument in the...
The new Woodland Trust podcast is now available on iTunes! Please tune in, whether on the morning commute, cooking dinner or pottering about in the garden… Our debut series, ‘Woodland Walks’, will let listeners explore some of the greatest woods, forests and sites in the Woodland...
Recently Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire hosted a motley crew of Woodland Trust volunteers in their lovely tower conference room. Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Harrogate set among extensive gardens...