I am very lucky. I look out of my living room window into an ancient woodland. It is a relatively small stand of around 4 hectares but has a wide variety of species, mainly broadleaf, but also a handful of old Scots Pine trees, tall...
Would you like to sign up as an Ospreycam Research volunteer? For the third year running we are looking for volunteers in Scotland to review and edit the footage on our ospreycam up at our beautiful Loch Arkaig site. [caption id="attachment_9398" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ringing Lachlan the...
Hello, I am Maggie McCallum and I volunteer as part of the woodland engagement and events teams at beautiful Glen Finglas in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. I began working towards an MSc in Countryside Management by distance learning in 2015, completing it in 2018 through the...
The Trust has taken over care of a prominent Oban Wood, completing a suite of Scottish Rainforest sites stretching from Argyll to Skye. Dunollie Wood is an 80 acre ancient woodland occupying two small hills on the northern edge of Oban. The wood is visible from...
Scotland volunteers are all welcome to come along to East Lothian on 4th May for our first gathering of the year! You'll find out more about how staff and volunteers monitor and protect woods under threat of development, as well as having the chance to meet other...
[caption id="attachment_8628" align="alignnone" width="300"] "Oi! Those are my tatties!"[/caption] Trail camera images have shown an innovative approach to deer management is working well at Loch Arkaig. We have built a fence to protect part of the pine wood. We would very much like deer to be able...
An osprey fledged from a nest on Loch Arkaig has been electrocuted to death on a power line in Spain. The sad news filtered through from Spanish birdwatchers on social media last week. Pic by Lewis Pate. JH3 when he was ringed in 2017. The bird was...
We are recruiting for two new roles at our stunning Glen Finglas estate. We are looking for Adopt a Path volunteers to help us keep an eye on our network of paths, some of which form part of the Great Trossachs Path which runs through to...
This year we are delighted to be holding our first ever Woodland Trust Volunteering Scotland Conference! It's to be held on Saturday 28th September at the Birnam Institute in Birnam, Perthshire. On the day there'll be a mix of talks and indoor and outdoor workshops...
Joanna Gilliatt, one of our Ancient Woodland Restoration volunteers in the north of Scotland, carried out some fascinating work into the history of Bobbin Mills in the north of Scotland and their important relationship with woodlands. She has written a summary article, which you can see here. She's also...