Aerial view of Spernal and Windmill Hill
News

Heritage Fund Grant for new evening volunteering programme secured

4 June 2026
 by 
the Heart of England Forest
An innovative two-year evening volunteering programme designed to make conservation volunteering more accessible for working-age adults has launched, thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Hurrah for humble hawthorn

1 January 2019
 by 
Heart of England Forest
The humble hawthorn is a hedgerow shrub that provides a vital habitat teeming with its very own galaxy of insects and wildlife, and an invaluable source of winter nutrition for many species.
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Grasshoppers - the chirpy chappies of the Forest

1 August 2018
 by 
Heart of England Forest
Apart from their distinctive song, what do we know about the elusive grasshopper?
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5 reasons to spend time in the Forest

30 June 2018
 by 
Elaine Skates
Head of Learning and Skills, Elaine, explains how spending time in the Forest is a perfect antidote to the bustle and noise of modern life.
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Dropping hints!

31 May 2018
 by 
Sophie Leszczynska
Spring offers the perfect opportunity to look for the tell-tale signs that woodland mammals have been wandering the Forest.
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Meet the blue sheep of the family...

1 May 2018
 by 
Heart of England Forest
We now have a flock of Blue Texel sheep, and, yes, they really ARE blue!
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Orchids - precious plants in the Forest

1 May 2018
 by 
Sophie Leszczynska
Find out more about 'Mother Nature's masterpiece' and where to spot it in the Forest.
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