We always love to hear of wildlife sightings across the region - it shows what a fantastic job we are doing protecting the woodland we so value and care about. The plan here in the South East is to capture this through beginning a regular...
Dear Volunteers, It is safe to say that 2021 has been an even more challenging year than the unprecedented year that came before it. Starting the year in lockdown the importance of our woods was brought into focus by the increased volume of visitors to our sites....
Felling and extraction of 70,000 tonnes of non-native timber has started at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest near Spean Bridge in Lochaber. The mammoth effort will free remaining native trees to take back the site in one of the biggest Caledonian pinewood restorations ever attempted. [caption id="attachment_23746"...
Last week the South East Outreach Team hosted a corporate volunteering event at Wardsdown Wood which is a large, privately owned ancient woodland located in the north-western edge of Flimwell, East Sussex. Photo: Jim giving the morning briefing with the landowner. Wardsdown Wood has some particularly fine...
Dear Volunteers, I don’t know about you, but I feel as though life is going whoosh again and there’s barely time for anything! As such I have organised our news in order of how much time it may take from your busy schedules –...
Dear volunteers, Autumn is a magical season; you can hear the crunch of dried leaves underfoot and the fruiting bodies of fungi delight us with their visual presence on the woodland floor. For many volunteers, it is a busy time as tasks can take place with minimal disturbance to wildlife. This newsletter celebrates a return of normal volunteer practice at the Trust, and it is cathartic to meet with...
At the beginning of September, the South East region hosted their Summer Tree Identification session in the lush green setting of Penn Wood in Amersham. Eleven volunteers joined Outreach Manager Martin Hugi and James Stevenson, who is the Assistant Site Manager for the wood, for...
If there is one thing that the past eighteen months or so has taught us, it's that it's great when you get the opportunity to see your friends 'in real life'. Though virtual means of communication have been incredibly helpful to keep in touch, there...
The Trust's Malcolm Turner and Caz Austen from Ben Shieldaig, Tom Reed of Citizen Science and outreach advisor Alan Crawford collaborated with Wester Ross Biosphere and NatureScot to co-ordinate some training in ancient trees in Wester Ross last week. Ancient Trees are hugely under-recorded in the...
[caption id="attachment_21923" align="alignnone" width="300"] Loch Arkaig Pine Forest's 2021 chicks. Photo by Lewis Pate[/caption] Two osprey chicks that dodged the gaze of online fans this summer are finally on view with the release of pictures and video taken when they were ringed. A nest camera supported by...