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Living Woods helps people to engage with creating, caring for and connecting with woodlands

Working with private landowners, local authorities, non-profit organisations and volunteer groups to create more woodlands, and to bring more woodlands back into management and increase their biodiversity

28/08/2026

Fun Fact Friday!

Can you tell the difference between a wild raspberry and a blackberry when you’re out in the woods? 👀

It’s all in the prickles!
The raspberry stem has lots of fine, reddish prickles, while the blackberry has bigger, thicker thorns.
A little woodland knowledge that might come in handy!

27/08/2026

Last season we planted lots of Hazel saplings in Horsley Woods to help thicken up our coppice coupes, and they’re doing really well.

Even better, these weren’t bought in — they were grown by our Seeds2Trees volunteers across the region and beyond. It’s brilliant to see those little trees now getting established in the woods.

As the Seeds2Trees pilot comes to an end this winter, we’re already thinking about what comes next.
We’re also establishing our first community tree nursery at Tod’s Place, between the A697 at Weldon Bridge and Rothbury, near Brinkburn Priory.

If you’d like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.
Just email Mark at [email protected]
Hopefully see some of you out there sometime! 🌳

26/08/2026

A busy bit of coppice work

Our coppice restoration work produces all sorts of useful woodland products, from stakes and charcoal to woodchip.
This latest batch is a nice simple one — small stakes ready to head off for a new fence.
Nothing goes to waste, and it’s great to see the timber being put to good use locally.

25/08/2026

Lovely to see wild apples growing in the woods 🍏

We’ll take some cuttings this winter and graft them, helping us grow more trees from the same genetic stock.
A simple way of keeping these local woodland genetics going for the future.

24/08/2026

Busy little job in Horsley Wood!

We’re protecting some of our Hazel nuts from the squirrels and jays, giving them a chance to mature so we can grow new Hazel saplings with very local provenance.
It might look like a few little bags on the branches, but it’s all part of helping to keep our woodland growing for the future.

21/08/2026

FUN FACT FRIDAY... Have you ever spotted a harvest mouse?

They might be tiny, but these little mice are pretty amazing.
Weighing only around 4–6 grams, the harvest mouse is one of Britain’s smallest mammals.
They spend much of their time climbing through tall grasses, reeds and hedgerows, where they build their distinctive round nests amongst the stems.

One of their best tricks is their tail. Unlike most British mammals, the harvest mouse has a prehensile tail which helps it grip onto grass as it moves around — almost like an extra hand!

It’s easy to overlook wildlife this small, but creatures like the harvest mouse are an important part of our countryside.
Keeping grasslands, hedgerows and other natural habitats healthy gives them somewhere to live, feed and raise their young. 🌿💚

20/08/2026

Lovely to see some natural regeneration of Ash in our coppice woodland at Horsley
Ash dieback is sadly rife, so finding young saplings coming through naturally is a real sign of hope.

Every new tree feels like a little win for the woodland and its future.

19/08/2026

Looking like it’s going to be a good year for berries

The red honeysuckle berries are looking absolutely beautiful in the woods just now.
A lovely splash of colour while we’re out working with our Living Woods volunteers.
Always something new to spot when you take a walk through the woods! 🌳

18/08/2026

💜 What a lovely surprise in the coppice coupe!
A Purple Hairstreak butterfly, which is more commonly seen in southern England. They spend most of their time high in the canopy of oak trees, so seeing one down at ground level is a real treat.
Beautiful little thing!

17/08/2026

There’s something really satisfying about seeing those fresh Hazel shoots coming through after coppicing.

When you can see the full tips of that new growth, it’s a good sign that the young Hazel has had a chance to get away without being nibbled back by the Roe Deer.

It might seem like a small thing, but in the woodland it makes a big difference. Every new shoot is another step towards healthy, vigorous Hazel and a thriving woodland.

Sometimes it’s the little signs of progress that make all the hard work worthwhile.

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North East
Wylam

Website

http://www.living-woods.org.uk/

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