⏳ LAST CHANCE – JUST 1 WEEK LEFT!
Enter the Royal Forestry Society’s Excellence in Forestry (EIF) Awards — one of the UK’s most respected honours in the sector — get your work recognised.
Apply now: https://ow.ly/H7ba50YJO3g
FSC UK #PEFC #TreesPlease #WoodlandTrust #Tilhill #Savills #DuchyOfCornwall
⏳ LAST CHANCE – 2 WEEKS TO ENTER!
Enter the Royal Forestry Society’s Excellence in Forestry (EIF) Awards — one of the UK’s most respected honours in the sector — get your work recognised.
Apply now: https://ow.ly/H7ba50YJO3g
FSC UK #PEFC #TreesPlease #WoodlandTrust #Tilhill #Savills #DuchyOfCornwall
⭐ News: Jon Burgess Awarded the James Cup!
👉 rfs.org.uk/news-list/beavers-woodla...
#JamesCup #RFSAwards #QuarterlyJournalOfForestry #WoodlandCreation #Beavers #WoodlandManagement #JamesHuttonInstitute #ForestryCommission #ForestResearch #BIFoRUoB
🌳 Forestry Youth Camp is a fully funded youth camp in Wales this summer for 18-21 y/o's from diverse/disadvantaged backgrounds to connect & learn about forestry.
Run in collaboration with Bangor University Forestry Department.
👉 Closing date is 30th April. Apply now:
https://ow.ly/QeXb50YJG1B
💪WOMEN IN FORESTRY HELP
A generous member is offering help to those new to forestry where money, travel, or other expenses were barriers to attending.
Sound like you? Email: careers@rfs.org.uk
🥾 https://ow.ly/mGOq50YIL7H
If you don't ask, you don't get!
#RFSEvents #WomenInForestry #InclusiveForestry
NEW: Help Beat the Eight-Toothed Spruce Bark Beetle
https://ow.ly/9frk50YIikp
#TreePests #PlantHealth #IpsTypographus #TreeAlert #CitizenScientists #Forestry #WoodlandManagement Forestry Commission
Image: Dog Willow undergoing training to identify Ips. Photo credit: Paws For Conservation
It's the time the woods turn a dusky blue dappled in sunshine. Finally proof that Spring has sprung! Take a hint - plan your next woodland walk! 🪻
For more info: https://ow.ly/JEK950YyFlL
#WoodlandPlantOfTheMonth #CommonBluebell #HyacinthoidesNonScripta #April #AncientWoodland #LearningMore
The RFS is pleased to announce that the Annual Review 2025, as well as Financial Statements, are now available via rfs.org.uk/about-us/
👉 Joining us at the Annual Study Tour? Read ahead to be ready for the AGM!
#RFSNews #AnnualReview #CharityFinancies #Strategy #KeepInfomed
🌕Can we find the UK 'Moon Trees'?
"The Royal Astronomical Society were trying to locate as many as 15 ‘Moon Trees’... I was surprised to discover that not a single (first generation) UK Moon Tree has been located."
- Jen Turner, RFS Development Manager
#MoonTrees #Apollo14 #JoinTheMission 🌳
International Beaver Day - tricky subject given our love of trees, and beavers love of (chewing) trees.
🪵 Check out this featured article on woodland creation alongside newly introduced beaver populations: https://ow.ly/hiqK50YFyae
#Beavers #WoodlandWildlife #WoodlandCreation #JoinTheConversation
🌳 The Woodland Carbon Code: A Practical Guide to Carbon Funding for Woodland Owners
📆 9:30 - 16:00, 18 June 2026
🥾 Adstockfields Farm
👉 For more details head to: https://ow.ly/ozH050YwKbQ
#CarbonStoreUK #TilhillForestry #WoodlandCarbonCode #ForestryFunding #RFSEvents #JoinUs
🌳 Selling woodland products is an excellent way to offset costs of management, but there is much to learn about doing it properly.
👉 https://rfs.org.uk/learning/so-you-own-a-woodland/
This free resource is part of Woods for Tomorrow kindly funded by the Forestry Commission.
#FreeResource #Timber
🌳 Woodland Meetings in April!
👉 For more info about these events and many more head to www.rfs.org.uk/events.
You can also find the full 2026 list of Woodland Meetings here: https://rfs.org.uk/about-us/rfs-divisions/
#WoodlandMeetings #RFSDivisions #JoinUs #GoneForesting #RFSEvents #ComingUp
🌳 Tree planting season has come to an end!
⭐ In the 2025-26 Tree Planting Season Teaching Trees planted over 3000 with keen school-age helpers! ⭐
Been planting this year? Share your experiences below!
#TreePlanting #TreesForSchools #TeachingTrees #ForestEducation #OutdoorLearning #GrandTotal
One month to go!
🌳 “A fantastic day. Julian is a walking woodland encyclopaedia, very approachable and engaging.”
🥾 “Very informative course – a good mix of introductory information and practical field visits.”
👉 Book your place: https://ow.ly/Sr6r50Yhuo1
#RFSEvents #Training #WoodlandManagement
⚠️ Sweet chestnut blight outbreak
🔴 New Demarcated Area established in Devon following detection of airborne spores.
🔴 Movement restrictions placed on susceptible sweet chestnut material to help contain the disease
🔴 Public urged to report suspected findings via TreeAlert
👉 GOV.UK
Last week Action Oak organised an insightful webinar to discuss the recent State of the UK's Oaks report. If you missed out you can catch up now: https://ow.ly/32cF50YwKEe
#StateOfTheUKsOaks #NativeOaks #Threats #Conservation #OakSpecies #Webinar Forestry Commission Forest Research #WoodlandTrust
Entries & nominations are open for the EIF Awards 2026 to be held at Sheepdrove Farm. The awards are one of the sector’s highest marks of achievement in forestry.
For more info: https://ow.ly/VF8z50Y8HOi
Thanks to sponsors #DuchyOfCornwall FSC UK #PEFC #Savills #Tilhill #TreesPlease #WoodlandTrust
🌳 March brings a pop of colour with Common Dog-violets. They can be found in woodlands, hedgerows, and some heaths, and are a vital food sources for some of the UK's most threatened butterflies! 🦋
https://rfs.org.uk/learning/woodland-plant-i-d-guide/
#CommonDogViolets #ViolaRiviniana #LearningMore
🌳 Woodland Meetings in March!
👉 For more information about these events and many more head to www.rfs.org.uk/events.
You can also find the full 2026 list of Woodland Meetings here: https://rfs.org.uk/about-us/rfs-divisions/
#WoodlandMeetings #RFSDivisions #JoinUs #RFSEvents #ComingUp
The British Woodlands Survey 2025 (BWS2025) was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to support policy development, exploring awareness, action and aspirations in the forestry community in responding to environmental change. The 2025 survey has provided the third instance in a valuable time-series of similar surveys spanning ten years exploring environmental change across Great Britain. While this report reports on Britain-wide results, a separate supplement provides some specific and more detailed findings for England.
Report of the 2025 British Woodlands Survey published today exploring awareness, action and aspirations among Britain's forestry community relating to #environmentalchange @gabrielhemery.com @greenwoodtree14.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social Read more and download: sylva.org.uk/bws
🌳Read the State of the UK's Oaks report 🌳
Action Oak’s new report outlines the pressures affecting the UK’s native oak trees and the emerging risks to the long‑term future of this iconic and ecologically important tree species.
Read the report here https://ow.ly/1JLJ50YuKnl
This #NationalCareersWeek, Forestry Roots trainee, Lois Raines tells us why she swapped climate policy for the chainsaw.
"I'm drawn to working in small woods because they facilitate a connection between the woodland ecosystem and the uses of timber in craft and construction."
🌳 Managing woodlands means understanding what species already exist there and which might support the environment and needs of the woodland.
👉 https://ow.ly/Ve1G50Y1exS
#FreeResource #WoodlandManagement #SoYouOwnAWoodland #Learning
Kindly funded by the Forestry Commission.
The State of the UK's Oaks webinar, Tuesday 17 March, 2-3pm
Introducing panelist Prof Nicola Spence. Chair of Action Oak's Research and Monitoring sub-committee. Nicola is the UK Chief Plant Health Officer & is the Head of the National Plant Protection Organisation. https://www.actionoak.org/news
🌳 “A fantastic day. Julian is a walking woodland encyclopaedia, very approachable and engaging.”
🥾 “Very informative course – a good mix of introductory information and practical field visits.”
👉 Book your place now: https://ow.ly/Sr6r50Yhuo1
#RFSEvents #Training #WoodlandManagement
🌳 Managing diverse habitats to help woodlands survive and thrive takes work. Now you've looked we've got some suggestions to get you started, boost wildlife, production, etc.
👉 https://ow.ly/73c850Y1cAT
#FreeResource #WoodlandManagement #SoYouOwnAWoodland
Kindly funded by the Forestry Commission
🌲 Ready for your next move in forestry? Explore roles on the RFS Forestry Jobs Board from employers like Savills, the Forestry Commission & Robinson Forestry Ltd. Get fortnightly updates by becoming a member. 🌱
www.rfs.org.uk/jobs/
#ForestryJobs #Woodland #JoinUs
🌳 Woodland Plant of the Month
In the February chill we're spotting Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) as beautiful white carpets: a great reminder that Spring is indeed on it's way! 🌱
Find more via: https://ow.ly/W8YW50Y164h
#WoodlandPlantOfTheMonth #Snowdrop #GalanthusNivalis #February #LearningMore
Such an important award and so lovely to see the inspiring stories year after year! Thank you for your support!
