Sunday was the first return of our volunteer team to Old Wood, Skellingthorpe, since the pandemic arrived, made possible by the hard work put in by Claire Green, James Jesson, Nick Hall and all the team at Grantham HQ. With the extra PPE gear, a covid-safe...
Back in the 1980’s Storeton Woods in Bebington near Liverpool on the Wirral was used for motorbike scrambling and hosting “war games” with permission of the previous owner of the woods who charged for these activities. This constant noise, pollution, disturbance and damage to the...
It would have been even better if it was still called Ballathie Bluebell Wood, in which case I could have announced the septuple Ballathie Bluebell Wood Balsam bashing BBQ! Earlier in August 20 or so volunteers from the Kinclaven Bluebell Wood Woodland Working Group gathered together...
The Kinclaven Bluebell Wood Woodland Working Group were back in action last weekend with a session to secure trees and their tubes planted last autumn, and to remove sitka, beech and larch regeneration within the existing woodland. Some of the tubes had gone decidedly wonky, and...
Over the last couple of months a team of volunteers from Glen Finglas' Woodland Working Group and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park have turned out to tidy up an area through which the long-distance Great Trossachs Path passes. Originally the land had been a...
Our practical group at Nidd gorge have got off to a flying start this new year. Led in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council by Countryside Ranger, Sam walker, the first task of the New Year was really well attended. With two main tasks for the day the...
Thanks to everyone who came along on our practical work day at Castle Hills, Castleside, near Consett last week for a lovely day of hazel coppicing. Working in the central area of the site, volunteers worked hard coppicing and creating deer protection 'cylinders' made up from...
Sunday 16th December was a day to visit this beautiful Woodland Trust site near Loch Leven in Fife, to choose your free takeaway Christmas tree! This popular event has been running for many years. The recipe is that you turn up, choose a tree, cut it down and take it...
Huge congratulations to all the volunteers and to site manager Jill Aitken after a phenomenal planting week at Kinclaven Bluebell Wood in Perthshire. The Trust bought this stunning oak wood in 2017, along with some adjacent fields, many of which had previously been under woodland...
Kinclaven Woodland Working Group have boundless energy and enthusiasm! Having helped out for several days at our planting week the week before last, helping corporate volunteers and school children plant trees and remove rhododendron, the group has now had another really good go at both activities,...