The Kinclaven Bluebell Wood decided to celebrate the end of a successful year of volunteering with a Christmas meal in Uisge, a restaurant in Murthly and not far from the wood. Ian Riches, one of “The twa Ians”, ie the two working group leaders, gave out...
On 30th November 158 members of the public turned out to plant 3150 trees on a stunning sunny, frosty day at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire! This event was one of many #BigClimateFightback events across Scotland and the UK, to mark how important trees are in...
Chris Packham's programme, produced with the Woodland Trust, is on again tonight. Chris Packham presents this special, one-off documentary about the crucial role trees have to play in combating climate change. And with the help of viewers, we'll raise funds to get thousands more of them...
On a wet, cold Sutherland morning, while many people are busy Christmas shopping, or lighting the fire to settle in to avoid an unpleasant day, a joint event run between Trees for Life and Woodland Trust Scotland at our most Northerly Wood, Ledmore and Migdale,...
From 5-9 November 2019 we hosted a week of tree planting opportunities for the community around Kinclaven Bluebell Wood. Over the week we managed to plant 4,390 trees. The trees were planted in a field to the south of the existing ancient woodland which will...
On Saturday 7th December, 10.00am - 12.00pm, Ross Watson, Woodland Trust Site Manager for the north of Scotland, will be running an event at our site in Spinningdale, in conjunction with project Partners, Trees for Life. The event is for newly recruited squirrel...
A new group of volunteers has gathered in our newest Scottish wood, Dunollie Wood on the edge of Oban, to discuss future plans and input, and as Site manager, I went to meet them last week to discuss what their new volunteering role would be. ...
I am the newly appointed Assistant Site Manager for Central Scotland. Growing up in Cumbria fostered a love for wildlife and the countryside from an early age and whilst I was studying for my masters in People and The Environment at the University of Aberdeen,...
I like to take a few minutes to thank a couple of volunteers for their contribution over the last couple weeks/months at Glen Finglas. Between Thursday 24th October and Saturday 26th October several volunteers from The Mountains and the People (Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland) were...
George Anderson, our Scotland PR and Communications Officer, reporting from this exciting project: Red Squirrels are back at Ledmore and Migdale after an absence of between 15 and 20 years. Ledmore and Migdale is our most northerly site. It is a stunning mix of pine and oak...