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Visiting woods
Foraging: what to look out for each month
Foraging for wild food connects us with nature and gives us a reason to get adventurous in the kitchen! See our year-round guide to sustainable foraging: what's in season and how to prepare and eat it.
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Visiting woods
Things to do in the woods
Go on an adventure. Get closer to nature. Uncover history. Discover ways to explore the UK's woods whatever the season.
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Event
Rambles with the ranger at Glen Finglas
Come along to the Glen Finglas Estate and enjoy a guided walk through diverse habitats while honing your tree identification skills.
Fri 16 Aug 2024 • Glen Finglas, Brig o'Turk
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Trees woods and wildlife
Arkaig ospreys: your questions answered
We answer your questions about our Loch Arkaig ospreys, the nest cameras and their forest home.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Sycamore
Familiar, romantic, sticky. Sycamore might have been introduced by the Romans or in the 1500s. Since then, it’s colonised woodland, becoming a source of food and shelter for wildlife including aphids that leave behind their tacky honeydew.
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Plant trees
South West tree giveaway: terms and conditions
South West tree giveaway: terms and conditions
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Protecting trees and woods
Ask General Election candidates to champion woods and trees
Join us in asking candidates to recognise the value of trees and woods where you live and across the country.
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Blog
Foraging in August: find food this summer
Blackberries, rowan berries and crab apples are all ripening this month. Here are six wild edible plants to collect with top tips and recipes on how to use them.
Helen Keating • 15 Aug 2017
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Trees woods and wildlife
Caledonian forest and native conifer woods
For millennia, Caledonian pine forests blanketed loch sides and glen. Home to myth, legend, and rare wildlife, only a tiny fragment of this once vast landscape now remains. Other native coniferous woods include rare juniper and yew woodlands.
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Family gift membership
A family gift membership will protect nature’s playgrounds, and the wildlife that calls them home. And, best of all, it’s perfect for budding explorers. Adventure awaits!