Friends of Park Wood Festival 2010
This years festival is on Saturday 11th September and will include a display by Havant Borough Tree Wardens. Admission is free and the event is for all the family. Activities include:
Face painting
Storytelling
Treasure Trail
Wood turning
About 30 organisations are confirmed as participants, including British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Hampshire Wildlife Trust and The South Downs Group, Country Park Spinners, Slow Food Solent, The Sustainability Centre, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and others.
See the Friends of Park Wood web site for more details.
Posted: August 12, 2010
Last updated: August 12, 2010
Urban trees and bird migration
Scientists in America have shown that urban trees, woods and forests help many migrating birds journey between winter and breeding sites. The scientists tagged over 100 birds and were able to monitor where they rested and for how long. As a result they were able to see how important urban green spaces were.
Posted: May 21, 2010
Last updated: May 21, 2010
Understanding Trees – Training Course
The Arboricultural Association is running a weekend training course in May, 2010 called ‘Understanding Trees’.
“This new course has been developed to help the general public
and those with a particular interest in trees, to raise awareness
of basic but essential elements of arboricultural understanding,
and to enable those with a natural interest in trees to further their
knowledge, both for their own benefit and also to help society at
large make better informed judgements on
tree-related matters.”
Date: 7-9 May 2010
Place: Preston Montford, Field Studies Centre, Shrewsbury. SY4 1DX.
Course Tutor: Julie Sadler
For further information and booking form, please go to
www.trees.org.uk/course.php
Posted: March 29, 2010
Last updated: March 29, 2010
Winter Tree ID sheet
The Woodland Trust has produced a Tree Identification sheet that is easy to use. The sheet pictures winter twigs of 18 common UK trees and can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Woodland Trust web site. It can be printed on most home computer printers.
Posted: November 18, 2009
Last updated: November 18, 2009
Woodland biodiversity loss
New research is showing that some English woodlands are becoming homogenised, with a subsequent loss in biodiversity. Sally Keith a researcher at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology has looked at records of some 65 woods surveyed in the 1930s. She found that although the number of species were similar, they are less distinctive today. Pollution and changes in management are blamed.
Posted: July 28, 2009
Last updated: July 28, 2009
Green Balloon Club Week
This week is the Green Balloon Club Week. A week of activities for under 6s, parents and carers to do one thing for nature. For more details visit the BBC Breathing Places page.
Posted: July 27, 2009
Last updated: July 27, 2009