Volunteer Roger Parkinson was recently nominated for a Green Heart Hero Award. Whiles at the awards, Roger bumped into his MP Mary Creagh. Roger who is a volunteer speaker, woodland creation champion and part of a Tree Charter branch was nominated in the ‘individual inspiration’ category....
If you have ever had the pleasure of visiting Victory Wood near Whitstable in Kent, you will know it is a site of both archaeological and ecological interest. Naturally, we want to shout about this and, as per our mission, we want to increase the...
During a spell of sparkling weather in February a few hints of Spring began to show in Houndtor Wood. This south facing sun trap was once an ancient woodland, part of the network of Atlantic ‘temperate rainforest’ that is native to the western side of...
We are super excited here in the SE, because, late in summer 2018, the UK’s rarest bumblebee, the shrill carder bee, was recorded at Victory Wood in Kent, a Woodland Trust owned site since 2004. So named because of its high pitched buzz, this species is...
We want to thank Neil and Claire for getting us some hedge laying training in Spud Wood. Its been hard work and a bit wet and muddy. but we are so pleased with ourselves for getting it all done. We had the training on the 9/10...
The South East team is proud to have some volunteers with fantastic skills and passion to bring to the Woodland Trust's work. The sites that we look after also attract a growing number of wild species, which is exactly what we all hope for when...
Philipshill Wood, on the boundary of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, is fairly representative of our woodland estate in the Chilterns: a small-ish site with many constraints for planning a harvesting operation. It's a PAWS site - Plantations on Ancient Woodland Site - which means some of...
On 2nd March 33 volunteers made the journey over to Lambourne End, Essex to take part in the first volunteer network event of 2019. The majority of volunteers attending the event were from woodland working groups based in Abbey Grove, Tring Park, Hill House Wood,...
Are you a member of one of our Woodland Working Groups? Want to find out more about management techniques to assist with your volunteering? The Forestry Commission are offering a FREE workshop on Thursday 28th March, 2019 from 10:30am - 3:30pm at Sanderstead's Sports and...
I am very lucky. I look out of my living room window into an ancient woodland. It is a relatively small stand of around 4 hectares but has a wide variety of species, mainly broadleaf, but also a handful of old Scots Pine trees, tall...