Kinclaven Woodland Working Group have boundless energy and enthusiasm! Having helped out for several days at our planting week the week before last, helping corporate volunteers and school children plant trees and remove rhododendron, the group has now had another really good go at both activities,...
There are no beavers at Fingle Woods but diesel-powered machines are building beaver dams As the “rewilding” debate expands its wings outside the confines of the conservation world and enters the mainstream media, Fingle Woods finds itself looking at where it can play a part. In...
We are looking for event volunteers for weekdays only at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show, NEC, Birmingham - February 2019. The show dates are 19th - 24th February and we are looking for volunteers to help give away trees on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The...
Observatree volunteers have now submitted 5000 records since the project began in 2013. This is a huge contribution to tree health across the UK so a huge thank you to all our volunteers who have given up their time. The Observatree dataset is quickly becoming a...
Eriskay crofter Anne MacIntyre got an extra treat when she came to our Scottish Parliament Reception to receive the Scottish Tree of the Year (STOTY) Trophy - an illicit seat in Nicola Sturgeon's chair! Winner "Netty's Tree" is on Anne's croft. Planted over 100 years ago this...
The big countdown has begun! No, not Christmas - the HS2 phase 2b consultation deadline! December 21 is the final deadline for responses to the consultation. This month it's critical that we encourage as many people as possible to send their objections. So far nearly 60 people have clicked on your personal...
Maggie McCallum volunteers at our Glen Finglas Gateway Visitor Centre; she's one of a group of volunteers who are the friendly face of the Woodland Trust to visitors to this spectacularly beautiful site. Glen Finglas has a high number of visitors from overseas, and so the...
First, of course, a very Happy Christmas to all our members and we trust we will be seeing all of you in the New Year. Now to more mundane matters; the forecast for the 1st Dcember turned out to be unduly pessimistic and overnight rain ceased...
At Fingle we are lucky enough to have a wood filled with all kinds of different wildlife from Roe Deer to Salmon and Dippers. Yet there is one species in particular that lives here – the Hazel Dormouse. I have volunteered with the Fingle team for...
Woodland Trust volunteers braved some rather lively weather yesterday to carry out tidying up and tree replacement activities at Haddon Fields. Site manager Stephen Reynolds met with volunteers onsite in this lovely part of Northamptonshire. Haddon Fields comprises of grazing fields, with small pockets of...