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Before and After: 25 Years of Restoration at Glen Finglas

The Woodland Trust is celebrating 25 years managing Glen Finglas Estate in The Trossachs. Once a heavily grazed sheep farm, the landscape is now diverse and thriving.

George Anderson  •  20 Sep 2021

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Sutherland wood carvers final work is now his own memorial

A woodworker who made elaborate commemorative benches is to be himself commemorated by his final unfinished piece.

George Anderson  •  26 Aug 2021

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Camera-dodging osprey chicks revealed

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.

George Anderson  •  26 Jul 2021

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As the UK’s biggest woodland charity continues its decades-long recovery of a fire ravaged site it issues a summer plea: don’t light fires

Three years on from the biggest ever fire on its sites - a blaze that destroyed swathes of land and left wildlife reeling - the Trust is urging people not to light fires.

Andy Bond  •  23 Jul 2021

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Coed Cadw welcomes Senedd support for 'Amazing Trees' and calls for public & community support to plant thousands more

Coed Cadw welcomes Senedd support for 'Amazing Trees' and calls for public & community support to plant thousands more

Llinos Humphreys  •  16 Jul 2021

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Charity set to reshape conservation sector with plastic free planting pledge

The Woodland Trust is set to revolutionise the conservation sector as it pledges to end the use of all plastic tree shelters from its sites by the end of the year.

Andy Bond  •  07 Jul 2021

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New population of one of UK’s rarest butterflies found in Kent

The heath fritillary, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies, has been discovered for the first time at the Woodland Trust’s Victory Wood in Kent.

Andy Bond  •  01 Jul 2021

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Public asked to name new Woodland Trust site in Belfast Hills

The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland has asked the public to name its new woodland in the Belfast Hills.

Glynis Watt  •  21 Jun 2021

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Official planting figures show urgent need for more action

Read our response to the latest National Statistics on woodland released on 17 June 2021.

Steve Marsh  •  17 Jun 2021

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Free tree packs scheme now open for schools and communities

The Woodland Trust is offering free trees to help many thousands of schools and communities to plant trees to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Steve Marsh  •  09 Jun 2021