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Community Woodland News Volunteer Sessions

Signs of Spring

One of the trees planted by our volunteers over the last few weeks is already starting to grow. Richard spotted these spring shoots peeping over the top of a tree […]

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Community Woodland News

Incoming Storm Kathleen

The Dark Wids remain CLOSED to the public for safety reasons. CCDT took the decision to close the Dark Wids several weeks ago because they present a significant risk to […]

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Community Woodland CVN News Volunteer Sessions

This Season’s Tree Planting is Complete!

The 2023/2024 winter tree planting season is complete! Over the past few weeks our volunteers have worked hard to plant over 1,800 trees within Gillies Hill Community Woodland, in the […]

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Community Woodland News Volunteer Sessions

Community Planting Day

24th March 2024 @ 10am Join us for a day of planting trees within Gillies Hill Community Woodland! Over the past couple of weeks, CCDT volunteers have been busy planting […]

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Accessible Path Survey Results

Thank you to everyone that shared and completed our recent survey about the proposed accessible path plans.  There were 82 responses.  1. Does the current condition (muddy/uneven ground/gradient) of this […]

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Visit from Echoes Ecology

CVN are pleased to welcome Kay and Heather from Echoes Ecology back on site to update the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) they conducted last year. This appraisal documents the range […]

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Community Woodland News

Replanting Underway

A huge thanks is due to the hard working tree planting team who managed to plant around 350 trees yesterday! There are still more to be planted so efforts will […]

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Community Woodland News

Path Survey – Extended

We’ve had a great response to our accessible path plans survey, so we’ve extended the deadline to continue capturing as many replies as possible during the month of February. We […]

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Community Woodland Larch Removal News Volunteer Sessions

Re-Planting Update

Over the past couple of weeks, our contractor, D A Shanks, has been on site preparing the ground for our upcoming re-planting project. This has involved extensive ground works to […]

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Safety Work

Our contractor was hard at work yesterday addressing some of the most significant safety issues identified as part of the tree safety survey we commissioned at the end of 2023. […]