You may remember previously that we shared the superb work by our small bu perfectly formed team of volunteers at Hucking Orchard near Maidstone in Kent. They have been working tirelessly to create new habitats for wildlife on-site and it was a pleasure to visit...
It is always sad to say goodbye to respected colleagues and no less so than when Ed Goodall left the Trust this month to take up a new role with Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Ed had been with the Trust for nearly four years and...
Dear Volunteers, I want to say thank you to everyone for your commitment to volunteering with the Woodland Trust over the last twelve months. With the different lockdown restrictions, it's been impossible at times for volunteering to take place safely. Thank you for your patience with...
This Volunteers Week 2021, we celebrate all volunteers, not least our fantastic wardens who have been tirelessly monitoring and supporting sites throughout COVID and beyond (yes, there is a beyond, we promise!) One such busy volunteer is Steve, who covers several woods on his patch. This...
We are starting a new feature in the South East Whittle diary - species of the month! We couldn't decide if we wanted to do mammal of the month, bird of the month, plant of the month, etc so here is a way to encompass...
The excitement of reuniting as a Woodland Working Group this year has recently been dashed by lockdown and the hard times that early 2021 brought with it. With this in mind, it felt especially good to be back in the woods this Bank Holiday weekend...
We always love the updates from our volunteers showing the sights and sounds of their woods and Volunteer Warden and Wildlife Monitor, Tim Hewke, spends a great deal of time patrolling his local area but also reviewing footage from his trail cam to see who...
Back in March last year, 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...
Butcher's Wood in Sussex is a marvellous place to visit, not least because of the sterling work done by the volunteering team, who have been busy in one form or another for decades! We are fortunate that some of the group originally involved in the...
