The Woodland Trust

We’re at 10 Downing Street handing in our #LivingLegends petition. 📝 We’re calling for stronger legal protections for our oldest and most important trees. 🌳 Thank you to the over 100,000 people who signed our petition. 💚 Progress is happening across the UK, and we’re still working hard on behalf of our trees. Stay up to date on our campaign: https://lnkd.in/ecCGkt4G

Planting trees for #NationalTreeWeek? 🌱 Our #TreeShop offers a wide range of native species, from individual saplings to subsidised packs of over 400 trees! 🌳 Purchase your trees today: https://bit.ly/4huONTW All trees that we provide are UK and Ireland sourced and grown to minimise the risk of importing and spreading tree pests and diseases. 🌍

We recently hosted an event in London, bringing people together to explore how we can protect the UK's tree heritage 🌳 Attendees learned about: The SCATTER conservation project using laser scanning to investigate ancient trees 🔭 How the Ancient Tree Inventory maps the UK's oldest trees using citizen science 🗺️ Martin Hügi, who visited ancient trees on a pilgrimage from Land's End to John O'Groats 🥾 and more. Learn about our work to protect the UK’s #LivingLegends 👉 https://bit.ly/3V3hkq8 Check out the #ConservationResearch we support: https://bit.ly/3OlsWB6 Lawyers for Nature King's Ely The Tree Council Barbara Young

How are you celebrating #NationalTreeWeek?🌳 Trees are not only essential for wildlife and the environment, but for people too. These #LivingLegends are vital for… 👉 Improving our mood and boosting wellbeing 👉 Tackling climate change 👉 Providing crucial habitat for wildlife However, despite their value, only 2.4% of the UK is covered by ancient woodlands. We’re fighting to protect and restore these habitats to create a world where woods thrive for people and nature. 💚 Discover why it’s so important we keep planting (and protecting) trees 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8qWcArY The Tree Council

I’m dreaming of a green #Christmas...🌲 Protect woods and trees whilst you shop for #gifts this year! 🎁 Evergreen trees don’t just add a splash of colour all year round, they’re also great for wildlife.💚 Yews provide wildlife with their very own Christmas dinner. Their fruit is eaten by birds and their leaves are munched on by caterpillars. 🍃 Holly shelters birds and gives hedgehogs a cosy place to hibernate, making it the perfect present for a nature lover.🦔 Juniper provides cover for nesting birds like goldcrests. You can also use juniper berries to flavour gin. 🍸 Head to our shop for some tree-mendous Christmas gift inspiration. 👉 https://bit.ly/4f74ZJM

#Snaizeholme has more than 270 acres of upland peat bog 🏞️ We’re working to restore this important peatland to both support our native wildlife and to help capture carbon 🌱 Site Manager Alec Pue explains more 🎬 Learn more about our work at Snaizeholme, one of the boldest habitat restoration projects in the English uplands: https://bit.ly/3O7fikQ Watch the full video at https://lnkd.in/ez6Djm_K Yorkshire Peat Partnership White Rose Forest B&Q Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

On Monday my colleagues handed in over 100,000 of your signatures to No. 10. Downing Street. You have clearly said that you want legal protection for our oldest and most significant trees. Living Legends. Living links to our past and our hopes for the future. Today's destination for me and my colleagues is Burlington House on Piccadilly. Home of the 'Courtyard Societies'. Those old institutions such as the Royal Academy of Art, the Geological Society and our venue the Leannan Society. Our country's oldest learned society dedicated to the study of natural History. Here the likes of Charles Darwin and Beatrix Potter met to discuss, present and debate matters pertaining to the natural world. What better place to hold the vital next step in our relationship with the natural world. To consider preserving such living monument of human and natural History? Today we seek to bring together politicians, civil servants, scientists, industry and charity representatives to present the point you made on Monday. If we give heritage protection to our oldest buildings, then why do we not give the same protection to our oldest trees. Why not, Protect the UK's Tree Heritage? Today we stand on the shoulders of giants who have been asking this question for over 20 years. Today we will celebrate those people and all they have achieved to get here, so close to making this protection a reality. It is not over yet but the milestones we are reaching are significant. Thank you to all my colleagues and external contacts who have made this event possible.

How to build a 3D tree map!🔎 🌳 With support from us, the SCATTER project has spent the last year making detailed 3D models of some of the UK’s most famous old oak trees. 🍃 Researchers from UCL Department of Geography, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the National Centre for Earth Observation visited 40 ancient and veteran oaks and made 3D models of each tree using a laser-scanning technique known as #LiDAR. ❓ The architecture of #AncientTrees is often very complex. This makes it hard for scientists to determine how much carbon they have sequestered, and which conservation measures are most effective. 💡 These 3D tree maps will help researchers trying to solve these mysteries and form a unique digital archive that anyone can view! 👉 Learn more about the SCATTER Project and see more 3D tree models here: https://bit.ly/3CtbCr4

This is your sign to take a break 💚 Spending time walking amongst fluttering leaves, admiring tremendous trunks and spotting spectacular wildlife is a great way to reduce stress 🐦 Make time for nature this #NationalSelfCareWeek and soak up all the goodness our #woodlands have to offer 🌳 Take a look at how some of our colleagues from around the Trust have been looking after their #wellbeing 👇

Have you spotted a #brambling in your local wood? 🐦 These well-built little birds are winter migrants, arriving in the UK to escape colder conditions in Scandinavia and Russia.⁠ ⁠🌍 Look out for their bright orange and white breasts in woods, especially beech woodlands, where they forage for nuts, seeds and berries. 🌳 Learn more about our winter visitors 👉 https://bit.ly/3YBZpt3