A few days ago I met up with site manager Stephen Reynolds to visit and explore a couple of Woodland Trust sites in Bedfordshire. This visit provided an opportunity to see two woodlands of very different age, relatively newly planted Plummers Wood near Haynes, Shefford...
Last week I had the opportunity to meet up with site manager James Jesson for a tour around Old Wood in Lincolnshire. Old Wood is next to Skellingthorpe and is a short drive from Lincoln. This is a popular wood with members of the local...
Joanna Gilliatt, one of our Ancient Woodland Restoration volunteers in the north of Scotland, carried out some fascinating work into the history of Bobbin Mills in the north of Scotland and their important relationship with woodlands. She has written a summary article, which you can see here. She's also...
We are looking for volunteers to help out this coming weekend at the fantastic annual Forest Fest that takes place at the Highland Folk Museum (HFM), Newtonmore, this year on Sat 11 & Sun 12 August. We've had a few people drop out so we are on...
Ancient woodland has been around for centuries and supports some of our richest and most precious wildlife habitats. These areas which have been undisturbed for hundreds of years are often home to rare wildlife and sensitive woodland plants and each unique woodland offers us a...
The Project has been active for the last 4 years in x10 Project areas across the UK with a Project Officer based in the regions to advise local landowners on the Restoration of Ancient Woodlands planted with Conifers post war. We call these sites Plantations...