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How to identify trees in winter
Identifying trees in winter can be tricky. Assistant Forest Ranger Fiona shares her top tips to help you hone your species spotting skills.
How to identify trees in winter
Identifying trees in winter can be tricky. Assistant Forest Ranger Fiona shares her top tips to help you hone your species spotting skills.
Hedgelaying: Protecting heritage and allowing nature to flourish
Step into the great outdoors and you’re sure to find one of the UK’s most valuable habitats; the hedgerow. Extending half a million miles throughout the UK, the modest hedge is a haven for wildlife providing food, shelter, and corridors through which wildlife can travel.
A bumper year for fruit and nuts. Is it a mast year?
If you’ve been walking in the Forest recently, you may have noticed trees and hedgerows heavy with nuts and berries. What’s behind this seasonal abundance?
Small leaved lime: A tree that shares its heart with us this National Tree Week
Volunteer Manager, Jonathan, explores the life cycle and journey of the small leaved lime tree here in the Forest. Discover the unique benefits this tree has for the environment, wildlife, and people.
Meet the team: Trustee Dr David Spruce
Creating and conserving England’s largest new native broadleaf woodland would not be possible without our dedicated and hardworking team. We introduce you to our newest trustee Dr David Spruce
Come and explore the autumn colours in the Arboretum
Unlike the trees that we plant in the rest of the Forest which are native broadleaf species, in the Arboretum you will discover a diverse collection of trees from around the world.