Earlier in the year, the Trust ran a fundraising appeal to purchase an extension to the Hucking Estate, near Maidstone. This was a great success and on 1st October the Trust took formal ownership of the new extension. Fantastically generous tree-lovers across the UK enabled...
If there is one good thing that comes out of this year’s pandemic, it is the realisation to many that our natural world can provide tranquility and solace at times of uncertainty. Volunteer Linda Pitkin tells us about her love of botany: [caption id="attachment_18822" align="alignright" width="199"]...
As restrictions on volunteering currently ease, Volunteer Development Officer, Anna Claxton, and Site Manager, Phil Truluck were thrilled to be able to get out into the woods once more to meet an amazing group of potential volunteers at Home Farm, Hampshire. Obviously, the group size...
Not really! It's a leucistic squirrel! Captured on film at Longbeech Wood in Kent by the fabulous Tim Hewke, Volunteer Wildlife Monitor and Warden extraordinaire, this pale beauty is certainly unusual. If you are not familiar with the term, leucism is caused by a mutated...
We are fortunate to have two active orchards in the South East - at Hucking in Kent and Langley Vale in Surrey respectively. As it is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, we thought we would update on how things have been for them...
It's been an exciting time for this new project, which you may remember launched at the end of July. We had some great local and national media coverage and the 'Lost Woods...
Written by John Triggs, Woodland Working Group Leader at Warren Farm We live in a world of hyperbole. On Instagram, every image is ‘breathtaking’; on Facebook every new experience, ‘awesome’. My friends, it seems, never stop seeing the earth from another amazing corner. Some have what...
The first day of September saw the return of what is becoming an annual bee walk survey at one of our most beautiful Kentish sites. Rescheduling due to the bad weather in August, obviously group sizes were restricted in comparison to last year due to...
Warning – fluffy chick photos! Back in March, our volunteer bird monitoring team at Langley Vale Wood put up special nest boxes for kestrels, little owls, tawny owls and barn owls, thanks to a donation-in-kind from our friends at the RSPB's Epsom Branch. All of these species had...
There is no denying we have experienced the most unusual six months. I hope you have managed to stay well and keep safe during these unsettling times. During lock down our woodlands remained open for local people to take their daily exercise, and we know that...