The age old question of whether your conker is ready for battle is strongly linked to Nature’s Calendar’s quest for the date you see the first ripe conker. I’ll give you my top tips for knowing when a conker is ripe and ready. When is a...
Welcome to the network update for the Campaigning Team's volunteers' update. This month: NPPF Upcoming events Tree Charter Day Campaigns, blogs and a little light reading Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work Sarah National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) As I write we are all celebrating here at the Trust due to...
On a very hot and sunny Saturday volunteers united to help deliver an event that was organised to commemorate World War 1. Woodland Trust staff and volunteers teamed up with the National Trust and the Grantham Dramatic Society to welcome visitors to Londonthorpe Wood and...
The Princess Royal officially opens Wales' First World War Centenary wood, Coed Ffos Las. It's been four years in the making, with many hundreds of local people including children helping to plant the trees, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has now formally opened Coed...
Did you know that you could help scientists to track the effects of weather and climate change on wildlife across the UK? Nature's Calendar is the UK's biggest record of the changing seasons with 2.9 million records and data stretching back to 1736. We need your...
Volunteers needed for last two sessions at Warren Farm Are you able to help us at Warren Farm on Tuesday 31st July or Tuesday 4th September? We are holding our last two sessions to remove Canadian goldenrod from the site as it affects the native wildflowers and...
On Friday 20th July we were warmly welcomed by staff at Folly farm, a beautiful conference centre set in Avon Wildlife trust grounds. The weather was kind to us, and after lunch we had a lovely walk. As the 20th July was the start of...
Rachael Ashdown is a Gateway/eco research/woodland working group volunteer at Glen Finglas. She took some time to write about her experience: [caption id="attachment_5985" align="alignnone" width="300"] Rachael[/caption] "Volunteering at the visitor gateway at Glen Finglas has been a great way for me to learn about and get involved...
The Faughan Valley runs from the foothills of the Sperrin Mountains along the beautiful River Faughan to the outskirts of Derry~Londonderry. Covering some 80 square miles, it has been identified as an area of strategic importance and the focus of our Treescape ambitions in Northern...
We were contacted by Butterfly Conservation, as they wanted to visit The Nymph Hay in order to look for Barberry Carpet Moth larvae. There are only 10 colonies left in Britain therefore they were hoping that the barberry plants on site at The Nymph Hay...