by Red Squirrel | Sep 29, 2026 | Event, News, Woodland
Win a Place on a Secret Squirrel Woodland Tour! 🐿️ Ever wondered what goes on behind the gate of a private red squirrel woodland? Here’s your chance to find out. To celebrate Red Squirrel Awareness Week (5th to 11th October), we’re opening up Howes Wood,...
by Red Squirrel | Sep 28, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Woodland
Our Woodland Manager has been busy in Howes Wood again, and this update comes with a bit of everything: new feeders nobody’s terribly interested in, a pond that’s shrugged off a drought like it’s nothing, and one very determined rescue mission...
by Red Squirrel | Aug 17, 2026 | News, Volunteering, Woodland
Every so often, a woodland gives you a little sign that all the hard work is paying off. This week, we got one of our favourites. On Saturday 15th August, Helen found two hazelnuts at Howes Wood that had been opened by dormice (the photo is a little blurry but the...
by Red Squirrel | Aug 17, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
If you’d visited Howes Wood at the start of July and then again a fortnight later, you’d have been forgiven for thinking you’d taken a wrong turn. This summer’s growth has been extraordinary, even our most experienced volunteers say...
by Red Squirrel | Jul 22, 2026 | News, Woodland
Welcome to the woodland equivalent of a desk job! Woodland work is generally pretty active, so now and then, there’s a lot to be said for a job you can do without leaving your seat. This week Rod & Helen took the tractor out along the shared track through...
by Red Squirrel | Jul 14, 2026 | News, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Woodland
If you’ve ever tried to explain to a fellow volunteer exactly where that patch of flag iris was, or which corner of the wood the water beetles have colonised, you’ll know the problem: Howes Wood doesn’t come with street names. Or rather, it...
