As we move through October, it’s difficult not to notice the ‘Trick or Treat’ costumes filling the shelves. It’s a popular festival that at first sight appears to be a recent arrival however, if we scrape away at the gifts with their spooky undertones we...
Canal Woodland working group members came together for their regular work party on Saturday. The group started the long overdue task of thinning the woodland, along with regular work party goers the group welcomed 3 volunteers from the Deluxe Group making it their 4th visit to the site work party day to...
As the seasons change our thoughts inevitably turn to the colder months ahead. So what better time to look back to those bright early days of spring, when East Dartmoor’s woods were bursting into life. By pairing the stats from this year’s bird breeding season,...
Volunteers got together yesterday (24 October) to enjoy a walk through Drumnaph Wood in Maghera on the hunt for mushrooms. The group led by Forage expert Dermot Hughes of Forage Ireland took to the woods to learn all about mushrooms and how to identify which are edible...
The Partnerships Team is delighted to announce our new partnership with The Body Shop. As part of the cosmetic retailer’s Enchanted by Nature Christmas campaign, a 1.8p donation from every in-store transaction will be evenly split between the Woodland Trust and the World Land Trust throughout...
Welcome to the network update for the Woods under Threat Detector Volunteers and Super Campaigners. This month: Welcome from Naomi the new Super Campaigner Volunteer Manager Reminder about Training Materials Upcoming events Campaigns, blogs and a little light reading Best wishes and thanks for all your hard work Sarah Welcome from Naomi the new Super Campaigner...
Please vote for Our Woodland trust tree Bishops Knoll Sessile Oak, all the information is below The Bristol Tree Forum is hosting its first Bristol Tree of the Year Competition. Our aim is to increase public awareness of the arboreal heritage of Bristol and the many benefits...
[caption id="attachment_6966" align="alignright" width="300"] Picture: Michael Cooper[/caption] A monster of a giant redwood in Castlewellan, County Down, has been crowned Northern Ireland’s Tree of the Year in a search for the nation’s best-loved tree. Organised by the Woodland Trust, the competition was open to any living tree...
A couple of weekends ago 65 brave runners tackled the Bovey Beauty 10-mile fell race that starts and finishes in the Woodland Trust's Pullabrook Wood on Dartmoor. Organised as part of the Moor than Meets the Eye partnership with Natural England and the Dartmoor National Parks Authority,...
New site manager for Hertfordshire Luke Shenton met up with Heartwood volunteers Brian Legg. Tim Wright and Edric Williams the other day for a tour of the site. Brian, Tim and Edric are part of a team of volunteers who have dedicated their time over a number...