by Red Squirrel | Apr 22, 2026 | News, Volunteering, Woodland
Big news from our woodland site The Western Red Cedar trees that Landscape Therapy harvested last year have now been fully extracted. Watching those timber loads roll out was a genuine milestone because once the wood is gone, we can finally get on with completing the...
by Red Squirrel | Apr 22, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
This is the story of a master carver, a Western red cedar, and sixty years of woodland history Some stories take decades to complete. This is one of them. It begins in the 1960s with a young man helping to plant saplings on land where ancient woodland had been...
by Red Squirrel | Mar 25, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
Signs of Spring: A Morning of Wonderful Woodland Discoveries Spring is stirring beneath the leaf litter — and our volunteers were there to witness it. A recent woodland survey delivered some genuinely exciting finds, alongside a timely reminder of how vital...
by Red Squirrel | Mar 19, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
A Wood Awakening Inside the living habitat we are restoring for the island’s red squirrels, and why Isle of Wight businesses are invited to sponsor our 2027 calendar. There is a particular quality to a March woodland that no photograph can fully capture: the way light...
by Red Squirrel | Mar 10, 2026 | News, Volunteering
It was an exciting day in the woodland last week as our new cabin was successfully delivered and carefully positioned on site. Getting a large structure into a woodland setting is never the simplest of jobs. With the help of a specialist crane lorry and a skilled...
by Red Squirrel | Jan 12, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
❄️ January Woodland Work: Making Space for a Healthier Wood January might feel like a quiet time in the woods, but behind the scenes it’s one of our most important months for conservation work — and Howes Wood has been a hive of activity. On a crisp winter workday,...
