Two working parties for the price of one to be reported here! The first being a extra session organised on Friday 31st August as a training course by Joe Middleton. This focussed on replacing the old narrow northern steps – the ones nearest the bridleway...
Welcome to the network update for the woods under threat detector volunteers . This month: Training Materials Upcoming events Peoples Walk for Wildlife Tree Charter Day Campaigns, blogs and a little light reading Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work Sarah Woods under Threat Detector Training Materials In addition to the Woods under...
Volunteers got together on a sunny Saturday morning for an event at the Box Moor Trust centre, near Hemel Hempstead. Hosted in the beautifully renovated Box Moor Trust headquarters, the volunteers from Heartwood Forest and Tring Park enjoyed presentations by Woodland Trust staff. Hannah Burgess,...
The volunteer Woodland Working Group (WWG) at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire have made a start on removing Rhododendron ponticum that is choking parts of this beautiful ancient oak woodland. Twelve hardy volunteers from the group helped out last Thursday to start removing some of the highly invasive shrub, which...
New First Aiders lead their first work party at Langley Vale Wood It was a warm and muggy Wednesday morning, when our volunteers set out for a work party at Langley Vale Centenary Wood. They met at their site HQ (better known as ‘the container’) - the operational 'hub' is a...
Last weekend Jim Monahan, our Woodland Warden at Ledmore and Migdale wood in Sutherland, visited beautiful Abriachen Wood on the north shore of Loch Ness, and another of our Highland sites, with Ross Watson, our Site Manager for the North of Scotland. The aim of the day? - Ross was...
Hello everyone, My name is Bronagh Gallager and I recently joined the Woodland Trust team at the beginning of September as Project Officer for the very exciting Faughan Valley Treescapes project. My aim will be to engage and involve schools, communities and volunteers from Derry~Londonderry and...
Surrey volunteers enjoy networking event The weather was glorious on 1st September, when I was joined by 32 of my lovely volunteers for the Surrey & London Border Volunteer Networking and Thank You Event. We gathered at Bourne Hall, near Epsom and it was nice to welcome so many...
Earlier this month five Woodland Trust Scotland volunteers headed off for an intrepid trip with us into the wilds of our wonderful Loch Arkaig Pine Forest up in the Highlands. Two of the volunteers, Liz and Michelle, are volunteer Arkaig Ospreycam Researchers; and incredibly dedicated team who help us to review and...
Jupiter Artland was the backdrop on 8th September for our third volunteer gathering in Scotland this year. The setting was a stunning stately home, owned by a family who have filled their beautiful grounds with public artworks. [caption id="attachment_6462" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Our wonderful group at Jupiter -...