Ancient Tree Inventory blog

• Visit to Grimsthorpe estate

  Kate Lewthwaite, 19/08/2021
  

  One warm summer evening, a small group of Woodland Trust staff set off for a social walk around Grimsthorpe Park, about 30 minutes away from our head office in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

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• The importance of ancient trees for wildlife by Aidan Champion

  Aidan Champion, 26/07/2021
  

  This introduction to the importance of ancient and veteran trees for wildlife was written by Ancient Tree Inventory verifier Aidan Champion as part of a student project in early 2021. In this article Aidan explains why ancient and veteran trees have such high biological value and share with us some examples of the variety of wildlife that they support.

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• Green Recovery Challenge Fund Update

  Emma Gilmartin, 08/06/2021
  

  A brief update from the team working on the Green Recovery Challenge Fund; an update of activities to date.

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• Our interactive map gets a makeover!

  Tom Reed, 19/05/2021
  

  The Ancient Tree Inventory map has some new features which are coming very soon! Read this blog to hear about the new changes and get a preview from screenshots that are included. New features include:

  1.) A new pin and colour design

  2.) A grid reference overlay, so you can get coordinates from the map itself

  3.) How to enter full screen mode on the map

  4.) Filter by minimum / maximum girth

  We hope you like the map's new look!

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• Green Recovery Challenge Fund

  Tom Reed and Emma Gilmartin, 01/04/2021
  

  At the end of 2020, the Woodland Trust, in partnership with the National Trust, was awarded an impressive £3.86 million grant from the Government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund (GRCF) for work on ancient woodland restoration and ancient trees. As part of this, we have some exciting projects planned that will help us to further our work in mapping and securing our special ancient and veteran trees.

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