Rapid onset climate change, and the spread of new pests and diseases are creating unprecedented challenges to the long-term survivability of UK woodlands. This looming threat is becoming ever more tangible, and the need for strategies of resilience building is urgent. Promoting diversification within and amongst woodlands has been identified as one such strategy with […]
The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has spearheaded an initiative to introduce Pine Martens to the Forest of Dean. Some 35 Pine Martens have been released into the forest, between 2019 and 2021. They have produced litters each year, and there is now thought to a population of some 60 animals. Pine Martens have two or three […]
Scotland’s west coast has a number of temperate rain woodlands / forests. They are quite rare. The remnants of oak, birch, ash, native pine and hazel woodlands are small and isolated from each other. They are noteworthy for the diversity and richness of the bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and lichens; found in abundance on the […]