Dunollie Wood is a site that we acquired via a long term lease two years ago. It is an absolute jewel of west coast Atlantic Rainforest in the heart of Oban town, overlooking the sea. A stroll along what I have termed the promenade path,...
There were metaphorical giants and real giants at Preston Hall near Pathhead, south of Edinburgh, on Friday 28th May! The metaphorical ones were the volunteers who put in giant efforts with recording and verifying trees for the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI). The Ancient Tree Verifiers in...
I was delighted to hear from George Guthrie, who is a volunteer warden as well as a wildlife monitor at our beautiful Portmoak Moss site in Kinross-shire, that he has been able to get out monitoring invertebrates again at Portmoak Moss. George has been monitoring the...
What a pleasant surprise to find I'd been out and about volunteering in the Woodland Trust Scotland Glen Finglas estate for ten years! I’ve spent lots of days at the site doing conservation work and meeting people and sometimes both - and still do. Compared...
The Woodland Trust acquired Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire 4 years ago. The management and restoration of this stunning oak woodland wouldn’t have been anywhere near as successful if it wasn’t for the incredibly hard work of the trusty volunteer Woodland Working Group. We are...
Dear Woodland Trust Scotland volunteer, Some of you may have heard that Carol Evans, former Director of Woodland Trust Scotland, retired a couple of months ago. Carol is sorely missed for her energy, “can do” approach and amazing warmth and passion. She’s a hard act to follow,...
[caption id="attachment_20946" align="alignnone" width="300"] Nell is a trainee dog with Lomond Mountain Rescue.[/caption] Woodland Trust Scotland's Glen Devon Woodlands have hosted a mountain rescue exercise run by the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team and the Search and Rescue Dog Association Southern Scotland. Glen Devon is the collective...
At Ben Shieldaig we are working with scientists from the James Hutton Institute on a pioneering method which could radically improve the way new woodland is created on many sites. The importance of underground fungal networks to the health of trees has become a big topic...
Keith Knight is an Ancient Tree Verifier based in the Borders and has written this entertaining piece about a recent recording trip with fellow volunteers. The Ancient Tree Verifiers in Scotland communicate on a very active WhatsApp group, but I know how delighted they were...
Jim Low, one of the trusty volunteers at Kinclaven, took this stunning photo of this adorable little one at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood earlier this week. Jim almost stood upon as he got out of his car but it eventually scampered off and up the tree. It...