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Coed Cadw welcomes Senedd support for 'Amazing Trees'
Coed Cadw welcomes Senedd support for 'Amazing Trees' and calls for public & community support to plant thousands more
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About us
Manifesto for the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections
Find out all about the Woodland Trust's manifesto for the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections.
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About us
Restoring Wales’ rivers
The Four Rivers for LIFE project is an ambitious initiative aimed at restoring the ecological health of four major rivers in Wales: the Teifi, Tywi, Cleddau and Usk.
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Trees woods and wildlife
King Alfred’s cakes
Tiny fungi with an embarrassing story, King Alfred’s cakes are named after the king’s poor baking skills.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Brook lamprey
Reclusive, primitive and eel-like. The brook lamprey is an ancient and rarely seen fish found in the rivers and streams of several of our woods. It lives most of its life as a larva buried in the silty stream bed before turning into an adult and swimming upstream to spawn - its last act before it dies.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Yew
Ancient, morbid, toxic. The yew is one of the longest-lived native species in Europe. This has made it a symbol of death and doom, but it provides food and shelter for woodland animals.
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Blog
What is habitat fragmentation and what does it mean for our wildlife?
Did you know that habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats to wildlife globally? Find out what it means and how it affects UK species like the dormouse.
James Martin • 16 Aug 2018
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wood anemone
Sun-loving, gentle, a mark of the old. Wood anemone is one of the first spring blooms, arriving to take in the light through the leafless canopy in broadleaf woodland. Look for them in old and ancient woodland that suits their slow growth.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Mayfly
Known for its short adult life, the mayfly is here for a good time, not a long time. Emerging between May and August, it dances above freshwater rivers and lakes to find a mate.
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Loch Arkaig osprey chicks bound for Spain as Dad’s catch plummets
Two young ospreys from a nest in Lochaber have been taken into a translocation programme after their father’s plummeting fish catch began to raise concern.