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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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13 Halloween nature crafts and activities for kids
Get set for spooky season with leaf ghosts, conker pumpkins, twig wands and a thrilling Halloween scavenger hunt!
Danielle Wesley • 04 Oct 2023
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Why do woodlands smell so good?
What is it that makes nature smell so distinctive and why do we find it so appealing? Read our blog to find out.
Hanako Shimada • 03 Sept 2026
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Woodland Trust Northern Ireland welcomes Tree Protection Bill
Woodland Trust Northern Ireland has welcomed a Private Members Bill submitted at Stormont to protect trees.
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How can we fund new woodland against a backdrop of cuts?
A 41% cut to anything is a big deal. But when it amounts to £32,000,000, it’s a massive deal. That’s the scale of the cut that the 2024-25 Scottish Budget imposes on woodland grants.
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Dalkeith named heritage tree hotspot as experts record 500 “living legends”
Dalkeith Country Park in Midlothian has been revealed as a heritage tree hotspot after experts recorded 500 ancient, veteran and notable oaks over the last year.
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Save Scotland's rainforests
Scotland’s rainforest is bursting with a unique variety of flora and fauna. It is a habitat like no other, yet for many years it has come under sustained pressure from human activity.
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Largest loss of English ancient woodland this century “horrifying” says leading conservation charity
The Trust strongly objects to proposals that place Oaken Wood under threat, after Kent County Council voted to support a quarry expansion that would destroy the ancient woodland.
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Protecting trees and woods
Restoring ancient woodland
Ancient woodland restoration encourages these precious habitats to recover and reverse years of decline. Find out why it's important and what's involved.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Fallow deer
A social, elegant species with a signature speckled coat and mighty palmate antlers. First introduced by the Romans, fallow deer became extinct in Britain until they were reintroduced before the Norman Conquest around the year 1,000.