Wednesday, 12 October 2022
This is the ‘Year of Stories’ and forests can be great places to learn about the past and often have some secrets of their own. We have put together a list of some of our favourite walking tra…
Thursday, 06 October 2022
Sutherland’s Grove is one of our forests in Barcaldine, near Oban, on Scotland’s west coast and is home to historic trees. But for Lesley Milligan, resident of Adelaide in South Australia, it has a …
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. This week we have received great news about a young Tweed Valley osprey that fledged from a new ne…
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. After watching his brothers depart a couple of weeks previously, Glen started his migration on the…
Thursday, 08 September 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. The three tracked juvenile ospreys continue to thrive and we are able to trace their activities fr…
Friday, 02 September 2022
Forestry is evolving. We're using more and more modern technology to help us work in tricky and hard-to-reach areas, though we do still fell trees with a chainsaw and plant by hand. From zip-lining m…
Monday, 29 August 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. On Friday 26 August, all three juveniles left the nest heading south, and it looked like they'd be…
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. Update 26 August: All three juveniles start their migration As of Friday 26 August, all three juv…
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. There have been no sightings of Mrs O this week at the main osprey nest so it is most likely that …
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Felling large, diseased trees that pose a risk to the public is a very dangerous task, but it is all in a day’s work for our staff. Lesley Reilly, a expert chainsaw operator in our central region, h…
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. 9 August - Tweed Valley Osprey News The juvenile ospreys finally have names! The names p…
Friday, 05 August 2022
Autumn in Scotland is truly spectacular as our forests and land start to glow a vibrant orange and yellow, making it a great time to visit our beautiful woodlands. Below are some of our favourite autu…
Monday, 01 August 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. The whole family at the nest – a rare scene now At the main Tweed Valley Osprey nest this past …
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Tweed Valley Osprey Project Co-ordinator, Di Bennett, brings us the latest update from the nest. The whole family at home All three chicks in the main osprey nest successfully fledged durin…