I was honoured as always to be invited to the Glen Finglas end of year gathering for the volunteer there, led by Gwen Raes, Estate Ranger. As usual, it was an uplifting and friendly affair...
Jo King, one of the wonderful long-standing volunteer wardens at Lang Craigs, near Dumbarton, is wildlife mad! She has worked with the Site Manager, Roy Barlow, to erect a large number of bird and bat boxes throughout the site, which is fantastic. This photo of a barn...
2021 has been a challenging year for many but our Talking Trees network has beaten the odds and carried on! Since moving from central management to the regional teams in June this year, it has been amazing to see what has been achieved and we...
Felling and extraction of 70,000 tonnes of non-native timber has started at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest near Spean Bridge in Lochaber. The mammoth effort will free remaining native trees to take back the site in one of the biggest Caledonian pinewood restorations ever attempted. [caption id="attachment_23746"...
[caption id="attachment_23742" align="alignnone" width="419"] The stunning Assynt landscape includes mountains such as Suilven. Pic by John MacPherson[/caption] The Assynt Foundation and Woodland Trust Scotland have entered a 30-year partnership to revitalise Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates in the North-west highlands. The result will be a resilient upland landscape...
Ian Riches is a warden at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood, as well as a Woodland Working Group leader there. If it wasn't for Ian, we wouldn't have been able to spring into action on Saturday 27th November to appoint a contractor to make safe damage to trees...
Urgent action is required to stop Rhododendron ponticum wiping out Scotland’s rare rainforest, according to a new report published by Woodland Trust Scotland in partnership with Scottish Land and Estates. (View it here) The report was funded by Postcode Green Trust and made possible by support from players...
Woodland Trust Scotland has launched an £8million public appeal to buy the 4,500-acre Couldoran Estate in Wester Ross and manage it for people and wildlife over the coming decades. [caption id="attachment_23455" align="alignnone" width="300"] Couldoran Estate, Wester Ross, Scotland[/caption] Couldoran, near Lochcarron, neighbours our existing site at Ben Shieldaig and...
The Portmoak Community Woodland Group, who work hard to support the management of Portmoak Moss and Kilmagad Wood, are running a birch popping activity on Sunday 7th November...
The Global Day of Action for COP26 to which WT campaigners, supporters and staff are invited, is Sat 6 Nov. Our meeting time is 12noon at the Suffragette oak in Kelvingrove Park. The march starts at 1pm and ends at Glasgow Green around 3pm after...