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Trees woods and wildlife
Red deer
The majestic monarch of the glen. Our largest land mammal, red deer, are the royalty of UK woodland.
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Plant trees
Shelterbelt
Shelterbelts have been used for hundreds of years to protect livestock and crops from the elements. Find out how they can work on your land and the benefits they can provide.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Beard lichens
Dripping off the trees in clean-air woodlands, these beautiful bushy beard lichens adorn branches and trunks.
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Plant trees
Creating a woodland: planning and design
Growing a wood from scratch is an ambitious undertaking, but thorough planning will put you on the path to success.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Brede High Woods
Cripps Corner near Battle East Sussex
261.89 ha (647.13 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Uig Wood
Uig Portree
17.60 ha (43.49 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Deadwood
Dead and decaying wood is one of any woodland's most important microhabitats. Learn more about why we need more of it, as well as the rare and endangered beetles, colourful fungi and other threatened wildlife that relies on it.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Whitleigh Wood
Whitleigh nr Tamerton Foliot Plymouth
20.26 ha (50.06 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lime, small-leaved
Charming, sturdy, pollinator-magnet. Not only does the small-leaved lime’s blossom produce a sweet scent and pleasantly minty honey, its leaves support the caterpillars of moths such as the lime hawk, peppered and vapourer.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Hazel dormouse
Sleepy, charming, undeniably cute. This minute mammal needs trees to survive and is seriously endangered.