Volunteers - Tree-planting day

This is a nice open site near Dunfermline. The trees are staked for strength and a tube is fitted to keep off browsing animals such as deer.

All tree seeds have to be processed and stored for the winter to maximise their chance of success. These berries are being mashed to remove the seed within.

Growing Up With Trees - Part One

As part of our Growing Up With Trees programme children collect native tree seeds from local woods, to make their own mini-woodland at school. These children are collecting Ash keys which they will plant in their own tree nursery.

Here's one I made earlier

This is what it should look like when it's finished. This beam will be used with the others for use in making a permanent building for the Air Cadets.

The trees used are from the local wood, and the space they have created will allow native trees and wildflowers to flourish.

emerging woodland at Creag Loisgte

The hide's still useful, and it also gives us a view up the hill. The site is not "wall to wall" birch, but includes valuable areas of open space, as well as a real mix of native woodland trees and shrubs, gradually becoming more open as it moves up the hill.