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Woodland Trust's £2.5m plan to turn Devon site into woodland haven for rare wildlife - 50 years on from its first    

The charity is seeking the public’s help as it raises £2.5m to create a new wood in the backyard of where it was formed 50 years ago.

Andy Bond  •  11 Feb 2022

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Charity urging public to help raise £4.6 million to create new woodland and protect an ancient Ice Age land

The Woodland Trust is seeking the public’s help to transform 119 hectares of this land to create areas of new woodland and bolster unique habitats in Norfolk.

Andy Bond  •  04 Feb 2022

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Scottish nestcam osprey sighted in Senegal

A Scottish osprey that fledged at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in 2019 has been spotted and photographed in Senegal in West Africa.

George Anderson  •  03 Feb 2022

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High hopes for hawthorn as British contender for European Tree of the Year

British hopes rest on a defiant lone hawthorn as online voting opens in the European Tree of the Year competition. 

George Anderson  •  01 Feb 2022

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Assynt Foundation and Woodland Trust Scotland Announce Historic 30-Year Partnership

The Assynt Foundation and Woodland Trust Scotland have entered a 30-year partnership to revitalise Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates in the North-west highlands.

George Anderson  •  23 Dec 2021

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Battle steps up to save “commando” pinewood from spruce threat

Battle is raging once more across a WWII Commando training ground but this time the fight is to save spectacular remnants of ancient Caledonian pinewood.

George Anderson  •  22 Dec 2021

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UK’s Tree of the Year 2021 revealed

A defiant lone hawthorn guarding the Scottish coastline is the winner of the Woodland Trust’s Tree of The Year for 2021.

Owen Phillips  •  14 Dec 2021

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Woodland Trust Scotland Buys Highland Estate

Woodland Trust Scotland has completed the purchase of the 4,500-acre Couldoran Estate in Wester Ross, a site it plans to transform for the benefit of people and wildlife.

George Anderson  •  09 Dec 2021

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Woodland Trust reveals nominations for Tree of The Year

The list for the coveted UK-wide prize has been whittled down to just 10 and voting is now open to the public, who will decide which tree will be named champion.

Owen Phillips  •  08 Dec 2021

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Woodland Trust announces plans for Captain Tom's Memorial Woodland  

Holme House Wood, Keighley will be renamed and redesigned in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Steve Marsh  •  01 Dec 2021