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First trees planted as charity tees up to turn abandoned golf course into wildlife haven
School children are set to plant the first of 30,000 trees at Frodsham, Cheshire in an ambitious project to turn fairways into forest and greens into glades.
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Crunch time for trees as petition calling for new protection laws is handed in
A petition calling for stronger laws to protect iconic trees has been handed to the government, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity has confirmed.
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Loch Arkaig osprey chicks bound for Spain as Dad’s catch plummets
Two young ospreys from a nest in Lochaber have been taken into a translocation programme after their father’s plummeting fish catch began to raise concern.
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Woodland Trust highlights ‘ticking threat’ of uncontrollable wildfires
An increasing threat of wildfires amid rising temperatures and Met Office warnings could have a "devastating" impact, according to the UK's largest woodland conservation charity.
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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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Domestic tree production essential to hit climate and nature targets
The Government’s climate change and biodiversity targets will not be met without greater support for domestic tree production, according to a new report.
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Gold for young designer’s garden at Tatton
A young designer has won gold at RHS Tatton for creating a unique garden to highlight the dramatic loss of treasured trees outside woods.
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New study reveals the UK’s rarest rainforest beetles are multi-day adventurers
A new study delving into the lives of one of the UK’s rarest beetles shows them to be athletes and adventurers – travelling the scaled–up equivalent of several kilometres a night in search of food and mates.
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Wildlife declining in UK woods despite more tree cover, major new report reveals
The State of the UK’s Woods and Trees 2025 report has revealed that the quantity and variety of woodland wildlife is plummeting, despite a marginal rise in tree cover.
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A9 central reservation is in a better state than surrounding hills
A central reservation of one of Scotland's busiest roads, the A9, is in a more natural state than the surrounding hills, says report from the Woodland Trust.