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Visiting woods
Love your woods
Our woods are home to amazing plants and animals and they're all free for people to enjoy responsibly. Show them you care with our top tips for your visit.
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Blog
Foraging in September: edible wild plants and berries to look out for
Ten edible wild plants and mushrooms to forage for in September, with tips on what to look for and how to gather and eat them.
Rory Morrow • 25 Sep 2024
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Blog
Hollow tree trunks: what are they good for?
Take a step inside a hollow tree and you take a step back through history. A hollowing trunk is a natural process and has benefits for the tree and the creatures that live in them.
Sally Bavin • 28 Jul 2023
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National Trust for Scotland Wood
Arduaine Garden
Argyll and Bute
6.81 ha (16.83 acres)
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Blog
UK bats: a guide to bats in your garden
Explore the most likely bats you'll spot from your garden and how to help them out with our biodiversity-boosting gardening tips.
Helen Keating • 22 May 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Secretive tree-top dweller. The lesser spotted is our smallest, and rarest, woodpecker. These woodland specialists are one of the UK’s fastest-declining bird species.
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National Trust for Scotland Wood
National Museum of Rural Life - Wester Kittochside Farm
South Lanarkshire
5.55 ha (13.71 acres)
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National Trust for Scotland Wood
Ben Lawers NNR
Perth and Kinross
64.78 ha (160.07 acres)
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Countryside Council for Wales Wood
Nant Irfon
Powys
137.57 ha (339.94 acres)
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National Trust for Scotland Wood
Rockcliffe
Dumfries and Galloway
19.50 ha (48.18 acres)