What a difference from last month- wall to wall sunshine on Saturday and shirtsleeve order for some. For any who have not been down to the wood in Bristol recently you don’t know what you are missing! It has been a terrific year for primroses...
The local community have welcomed the work taking place at Great Hill Wood - a Wood on Your Doorstep near Chillington, South Devon. There has been a huge amount of enthusiasm, both for the ride edge coppicing and the use of horses. So much so...
In November the Engagement and communications Managers and Volunteer Development Officers for England went to visit Fingle wood and had a very interesting day guided by Dave Rickwood and Eleanor Lewis. We were driven round the wood, learnt about the partnership we have with the National...
November 2nd was the end of the ‘Ancient Boundary Season’. We all gathered in the Fingle Bridge Inn for a Thursday evening lecture where Alex Hamer, the intern who had led the surveying across the summer and autumn, summarised the work we had been doing and...
Thank you to all the volunteers who made it to The network event on Dartmoor in March. We were very lucky with the weather, managing to choose the weekended in between the snow. Had it have been snowing it would have mande getting to the venues very...
Over the past few years a Geoff, a dedicated volunteer - has been monitoring butterflies at Stratton Wood. Over a 5 month period he spent 30 hours volunteering for us whilst he carried out this survey which gets reported to Butterfly Conservation as well as...
The Blackdown Hills Natural Futures Project is very excited to be working with the Woodland Trust and the People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) on dormouse monitoring in the Blackdown Hills. We are busy setting up several new sites which will be monitored for dormouse activity...
I am excited to be working for the Woodland Trust as it combines my passion for nature and wildlife with working alongside volunteers. I have previously worked within the social housing sector, having left about 9 years ago to work solely the charity sector, working with...
Bishop Knoll wood near Bristol has within its grounds an apple orchard. The trees were in need of a pruning and the Bishops knoll volunteers wanted to make sure that they pruned them correctly. They contacted a local expert Les Davies who agreed...