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Foraging in August: find wild food this summer
Blackberries, rowan berries and crab apples are all ripening this month. Here are the best wild edible plants to collect in August, with top tips and recipes on how to use them.
Rory Morrow • 12 Aug 2026
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How gifts in wills made a difference to Fiona and Derek
A third of all the work we do is made possible by gifts in wills. Fiona and Derek Gardiner, long-time supporters of the Woodland Trust, share why they chose to leave a gift in their will and how important their legacy is to them.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Horse chestnut bleeding canker
Huge horse chestnut trees are icons in our parks and gardens, but they are under threat from two invaders: a bacterium and a leaf miner.
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When do bluebells flower in the UK?
Mark your calendars! Find out when bluebells flower, where to see them, what they smell like and how they're protected.
Hanako Shimada • 17 Feb 2026
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What’s the difference between a wood and a forest?
If you aren't sure how to tell the wood from the trees, let us explain the difference between a wood and a forest and why they're both so important.
Charlotte Varela • 18 Dec 2024
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Trees woods and wildlife
Oak, sessile
Less famous than English oak, but no less loved, the sessile oak towers in the woods. Squirrels, jays and badgers love their acorns and caterpillars flock to eat their leaves, in fact 326 species of wildlife are found only on oak.
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Bird song identification: UK warblers
Every spring, trees and shrubs across the land burst into a riot of song from a famously musical group of birds - the warblers. Here we get to grips with their songs and how to tell them apart by sound alone.
Amy Lewis • 11 Apr 2022
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Andrew Steele - volunteer wildlife monitor
Find out more about Andrew's volunteering and why he was nominated for an award.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Purple hairstreak
Small yet stunning, the purple hairstreak is rarely seen as it spends much of its time fluttering high up in the tree canopy. Reliant on oak woodland, this little butterfly is never far from oak trees.