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Trees woods and wildlife
Apple
Tart, tangy and crisp. The fruit of the apple tree is a firm favourite in the UK. And although they’re not native, we’ve been breeding them for centuries as eaters, cookers and to make cider.
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Meet some of our volunteers
Find out more about the roles of some of our volunteer award winners and nominees from the last few years.
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Support us
Charter for Trees, Woods and People
Discover the ten principles that set out the modern day relationship between people and trees and a vision for a future where we can be stronger together.
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Forestry Commission Scotland Wood
Hill of the Wangie
Moray
302.09 ha (746.46 acres)
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Protecting trees and woods
Tree Preservation Orders
A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) protects specific trees or a particular woodland from deliberate damage and destruction.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wayfaring tree
A welcome sign you’re homeward bound, the wayfaring tree is so named because it grows close to paths. Look for them in hedges and woodland edges, with full bloom in the spring and heavy with berries in the autumn.
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Press centre
UK’s first Agroforestry Show to explore the perks of farming with trees
Hundreds of farmers and foresters can discover the benefits of farming with trees for sustainable food production in the UK’s first Agroforestry Show.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Tree sparrow
Shy and sweet countryside-lovers. The tree sparrow is rarely seen around humans, but might be spotted in lowland farmland when there's some grain to snaffle.
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Mr & Mrs Alan & Edwina Abbott Wood
Fir Tree Farm
Merseyside
1.95 ha (4.82 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Horse chestnut leaf miner
The larvae of the horse chestnut leaf miner bores within horse chestnut leaves, eventually causing them to drop and harming the tree and leaving it vulnerable.