Tag Archives: oak
Woodland Highlights: May
Thankfully some warmth has returned to our shores. This is the last month of spring and many trees are flushed with their new leaves. Keen photographers may want to take this opportunity to capture them while they are still fresh and vivid … Continue reading
Ancient Suffolk Oaks
Our guest blogger today is Paul Dixon, a photographer who, along with his other work, uses his images to raise awareness of humanitarian and environmental issues… “I’m not usually one for blogging, however when I was invited to write a … Continue reading
Woodland Highlights: November
November is a month of great change as leaves absorb their green chlorophyll and fall from the trees. Many mammals and insects disappear from view, finding warm places to hibernate during the colder months. The time for flowering plants is … Continue reading
The breathtaking beauty of the tree
In the height of summer, I remembered this picture which I took last February during that spell of extremely cold bright weather. The unusual weather created the ideal conditions for hoarfrost to form over a hedgerow oak in fields close … Continue reading
A grand old giant
Our creative campaigning pages hold an array of beautiful poems, art and other work to inspire and fuel the mind and soul. Trees and woods arouse such powerful emotions in many people. We would like to share one of these lovely achievements … Continue reading
Great Parks were made for major events, but are their great trees safe?
It’s not hard to see why national outdoor events are staged in beautiful tree-rich parkland. The choice of Greenwich Park for the 2012 Olympics Equestrian events is just a case in point. It’s a stunning historic park thick with trees … Continue reading
Big Nature Day – a triumph of diversity for biodiversity
On Sunday 27th May, two of us from the Woodland Trust attended Big Nature Day in the grounds of the Natural History Museum in London, supported by OPAL (the Open-Air Laboratory). We were there to promote our Nature’s Calendar recording … Continue reading
Techno trees – natural solutions for the future
Is there no end to what nature – and more specifically, trees – can teach us? In pursuit of the holy grail of plentiful, clean, green energy, scientists have twigged that perhaps Mother Nature knew best all along. Trees and … Continue reading
New SSSI for ancient and veteran trees
If you had been visiting Castle Hill and Windy Pits 12 or more years ago, your journey into this part of the Forestry Commission’s publically accessible forest in Rye Dale near Helmsley would have been dominated by the dark and … Continue reading
Talking ancient trees
The Ancient Tree Forum, who work with the Woodland Trust towards securing a future for ancient trees, hold regular field meetings throughout the year. The latest event was in and around Wrexham. Ancient trees were visited in a very wide … Continue reading
