For the past 3 years our resident swans at Canal Wood haven't bred successfully. With low water levels in the main ditch beside Canal Wood and excessive weed growth in the adjacent canal the odds have been against them. Canal Wood volunteers have been liaising with the...
Please note this event is not organised by the Woodland Trust, the event organiser details are provided below if you have any questions please contact the organiser directly. Bat Conservation Ireland in conjunction with Ards and North Down Borough Council welcome you to join them at the...
An exciting new campaign to double the city's tree canopy has just launched in Bristol. Talking Trees Bristol is a collaboration between the Woodland Trust, Bristol City Council, the Forest of Avon Trust and Bristol Tree Forum. The Woodland Trust is funding the public-facing campaign through the People’s...
Drone footage of a large heronry could shed new light on bird populations across the country. The remarkable footage, shot at Parrs Wood at Grappenhall Heys in Warrington, Cheshire, shows 18 nests perched precariously in the top of trees. The coverage was shot on behalf of Brian...
These three young tawny owls were recently recorded in a nesting box at Lineover Wood, while the adult and juvenile were found in another box. This is the 20th year of monitoring owl boxes by a team of volunteers in Lineover Wood.Two of the 12...
Lanchester Wildlife group have been hard at work over the last week or so, removing the invasive himalayan balsam from our Woodland Trust site at Doras Wood, near Lanchester. Thanks to all the members who came for an evening of mass balsam pulling! Your persistence...
On Saturday 9th June, Glencharnoch Wood Woodland Wardens Roy Brown and Michelle Green and Site Manager Ross Watson, ran a small work party to continue the improvements on the paths in this beautiful Caledonian pine forest in the Cairngorms. 20 tons of material, transported into the...
Woodland working group members from Canal Wood have been hard at work on site this month. Work included maintenance to the willow dome and the bunded path not to mention a bit of up-cycling! The group uncovered an old railway sleeper which they rescued and plan to use...
Many thanks to everyone who came along to Friends of Gorse Covert Mounds AGM last week, including Becky from ASDA who presented us with £500 some of which we resolved to spend on a new carved owl for our site. Many thanks to all the committee...
One of the ways we celebrated National Volunteers' Week in Scotland was a mammoth ancient tree recording day at the beautiful Drummond Castle Gardens near Comrie in Perthshire. 22 of us, including 19 registered Woodland Trust volunteers, recorded over 450 trees! We recorded over a mile of incredible...