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Trees woods and wildlife
Pill woodlouse
Easily found and easily startled, the pill woodlouse is named after its habit of rolling tight into a ball when disturbed. They’re a common sight in woodland, parks and gardens alike.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Box, common
A native evergreen that’s at home in your garden. Box is so special it’s got a hill named after it. Box Hill in Surrey takes its name from the ancient box woodland on its steep chalk slopes.
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Blog
Christmas nature quiz
Test your knowledge of the plants and animals connected with our festive traditions.
Charlie Mellor • 11 Dec 2024
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Blog
How to forage wild garlic and make wild garlic pesto
What's that smell? It's wild garlic season! Find out how to make the best of it with our foraging guide and recipes.
Laura Cottam • 26 Apr 2019
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Privately owned Wood
Lower Pear Tree Farm
West Yorkshire
3.26 ha (8.06 acres)
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Visiting woods
Frodsham Woods
On an abandoned golf course, we are creating a vibrant green haven for wildlife and people.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Goldfinch
Seed-eating specialists with a bright red face. Goldfinches are perfectly adapted to access food other birds can’t reach.
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Press centre
Woodland Trust buys ancient woodland in Kingdom of Mourne
The Trust has taken ownership of 156 hectares of Northern Ireland's Mourne Park estate with ambitions to restore ancient woodland and open it to the public.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Yellow brain
A frilly sign of a witch’s curse, yellow brain is a parasitic jelly fungus that looks a little like a brain and feeds on fungi that feed on dead wood.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Collared earthstar
The star of the show in broadleaf woodland, this charming fungus would look at home at the bottom of the sea..