Our new volunteer wardens at Avoncliff Wood are trialing dormouse footprint tunnels at our recent acquisition in the west country. As part of a full monitoring study of the plants and animals at Avoncliff Wood, the volunteers have installed 30 dormice tunnels lined with white card,...
A very big thank you to Geoffrey Foale, one of our volunteers in the South West who has sent in this fantastic array of photos this is what Geoff has said This year, once again, I have been regularly recording insect life from the South Devon...
Every year the butterfly conservation trust run the big butterfly count from the 19th July to 11th August Butterflies react very quickly to change in their environment which makes them excellent #biodiversity indicators 🦋 Photo: Large White (Pieris brassicae) by Kasia Bednarska From Butterfly conservation trust It would be fantastic if...
Dear South West volunteer The time is now! The importance of trees and woods is now centre stage – they are clearly a part of the solution to the joint threats of climate change and a diminished natural environment. While the issues are daunting the Woodland...
Sadly we often have issues with litter in our woods, sometimes just general litter and sadly people choose to fly tip in our beautiful woods which has a detriment effect on the woodland and all the wildlife within it. Some of our volunteer threat detectors recently...
We have created a survey monkey as your opinion matters to us. Taking a look at the volunteering events going forward, how would you like to see these events run? . In light of asking your opinion we have taken the decision to delay the Bristol,...
After a night of heavy rain, yet another Dartmoor deluge, I’m waiting in the Postbridge car park to meet David Leach. He is the Dartmoor Peatland Restoration Project Officer and, after introductions, we get kitted up for a two-mile trudge in full waterproofs to check...
The rain on the 7th made one or two of us think that Saturday 8th might be one of those rare occasions where we would cancel at the gate but no! The day was dry and increasingly sunny if a little windy. The day before...
Since the early days of the Fingle restoration project the ever-changing plant life has been recorded; monitoring progress towards the conservation goal of bringing life back to the woods. The variety and abundance of plants around the site are used as an indicator of the...
On Saturday 1st June the South West region held their volunteer thank you event during volunteers week at the beautiful National Trust Property Fyne Court, Broomfield, Somerset. The morning was coffee and a catch up with what was going on both regionally and nationally...