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06 August 2019

Forestry England is now a DfE approved apprenticeship employer-provider, delivering the Level 2 Forest Operative Apprenticeship to prepare its own apprentices for a career in...

Royal Mail special stamp collection
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06 August 2019

Six forests of the UK feature on new Royal Mail special stamps to celebrate Forestry Commission centenary

Photo of Mike Seddon chief executive from August 2019
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01 August 2019

Forestry England, the country’s largest land manager and the arm of the Forestry Commission that manages the nation’s forests, has a new chief executive. Mike Seddon has almost 30...

 Paul Weller honoured by Forest Live
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17 July 2019

Paul Weller has completed a summer run of Forest Live dates with a performance in Cannock Chase Forest, Staffs. Forest Live is an annual concert series promoted by the Forestry...

 Dam cute! Bouncing baby beaver born in Yorkshire
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08 July 2019

Forestry England’s beavers in Cropton Forest have become parents, giving birth to two adorable kits. Video captured at the beaver site in Yorkshire shows the kits already swimming...

Cole up of long eared owl
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02 July 2019

New surveys are underway in the South West of England to study Long Eared Owl populations. It's been a decade since the UK’s rarest breeding owl species were last studied in this...

Restoring Ratty
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28 June 2019

The ‘Restoring Ratty’ conservation project to restore water voles to Kielder Water and Forest Park has won a prestigious award at the Chartered Institute of Ecology an...

Forestry England’s top 10 picnic spots
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21 June 2019

It has been proven that spending time in the forest is good for our wellbeing, and what could be more joyous than spending time with your friends and family, sharing a picnic...

Family on bike ride along forest trail
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07 June 2019

To celebrate National Bike Week, Forestry England has revealed their top 10 family woodland bike rides.

Cycling is an excellent way to experience the outdoors and a fantastic...

Video shows beavers settling into their new Yorkshire home
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07 June 2019

Caught on camera having a good old scratch and chewing on their wooded surroundings recent footage from the trail cameras at the beaver site in Yorkshire shows that the beavers...

Chelsea Flower Show award - The Resilience Garden
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21 May 2019

The Resilience Garden has been awarded two prestigious awards at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019

Photo of Resilience Garden
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19 May 2019

The Resilience Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has unveiled a sensational variety of plants and trees

 Earth Photo competition seeks images of world’s changing forests
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18 April 2019

In celebration of Earth Day 2019, Forestry England and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) are calling on aspiring and professional photographers alike to submit their images...

Beavers arrive for Yorkshire trial
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17 April 2019

Forestry England has brought a pair of Eurasian beavers from Scotland to Cropton Forest in Yorkshire for a revolutionary trial in natural flood management.

Spanning five years the...

Big Forest Find - Michaela Strachan
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16 April 2019

The Forestry Commission is inviting people to join the largest ever survey of England’s forest wildlife

Forestry England logo sunset woodland
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05 April 2019

An environmental scheme to return New Forest streams and wetlands to their natural state has been chosen as one of the UK’s most important river restorations. Shortlisted as a...

Close up of white-tailed Eagle over water
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02 April 2019

Project will see the birds return to the Isle of Wight after an absence of almost 240 years

£5 million investment into new facilities unveiled at Alice Holt Forest
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22 March 2019

The Forestry Commission has completed a £5 million project to create a host of new visitor attractions and facilities at Alice Holt Forest, near Farnham. The five year investment...

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13 March 2019

SAVE OUR CEDAR! MALAWI’S NATIONAL TREE BRANCHES OUT BEDGEBURY NATIONAL PINETUM AND FOREST IN KENT SENDS SEEDLINGS TO THE EDEN PROJECT, CORNWALL Bedgebury National Pinetum and...

Steve Cram
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06 March 2019

Earlier this year, Forestry Commission England launched the Forestry 100 Running series. This brand new series of 10k running events has been created as part of their 2019...

Hacienda
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18 February 2019

Hacienda Classical, the clubbing classical cross-over show has announced DJ’s and guest support for their unique concerts as part of the Forestry Commission’s Forest Live concert...

Winter broadleaf woodland
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13 February 2019

As part of its centenary in 2019, the Forestry Commission is calling on the nation to write about what trees and forests mean to them this Valentine’s Day.

White-letter Hairstreak_credit Peter Eeles, Butterfly Conservation
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08 February 2019

Around 50 new Elm trees, loved by the rare White-letter Hairstreak butterfly, are being planted at Basing Wood in Hampshire this Valentine’s. The project by the Forestry...

Digital visualisation of the Resilience Garden
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07 February 2019

Ginkgo, Monkey Puzzle & Japanese Cedar among unusual tree species in Forestry Commission garden at Chelsea

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