2024 – Woman in the Woods

Regeneration and woodland renewal

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Carolyn

While Autumn often appears to be a season of decay, the berries, nuts and seeds that appear on trees (and other plants) in abundance point to regeneration and new life. This year the rowan branches were drooping under the weight of the their berries, until big flocks of redwings and various other birds descended in […]

Forests could provide more rural employment

Posted on March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 by Carolyn

After what has felt like a very wet and windy winter, a milder and calmer spell of weather in mid-February brought an awakening in the woods. Frogs began their somewhat frenzied activity of spawning and could be heard croaking in the pond and ditch. Birds started to make their voices heard. Song thrush, mistle thrush, […]