New Woods for Sale

Heathcoat Wood
£47,000 | Devon
Near Stoodleigh, Tiverton

Eddisbury Way Wood
£59,000 | Cheshire West
Kelsall, Tarporley

Top Lodge Wood
£45,000 | Cheshire West
Kelsall, Tarporley

Conall Wood
£39,000 | Fife
Balmule, near Bowershall, Dunfermline

Sauchie Wood
£49,500 | South Aberdeenshire
nr. Fettercairn, Brechin

Garton Wood
£59,000 | Nottinghamshire.
Cotgrave, near Nottingham

West Pullens Wood
£65,000 | Kent
Lamberhurst,

Colliers Wood
£49,000 | Devon
Stoodleigh, Near Tiverton

Stage Wood
£89,000 | Kent
Pembury

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Western red cedar in a British woodland. Though non-native, such trees were collected and planted by Victorians. They are sometimes now found in arboretums and parks and are a welcome sight in the woods. They can be prone to rot at the base, but the holes make great homes for wildlife. Here a forester has clearly marked this one 'do not cut'. Sometimes a can of spray paint can be a good tool for ecological protection. -
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#woodlandscouk #westernredcedar #roothabitats #wildlifeuk #treeprotection #forestry #helpfulgrafitti # #talltrees #nonnativespecies #conifers #cedartree #winterwoodlands

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Red Kites courtship dance. -
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A little Valentine's clip for you from one of the kite-filled skies of England. A success-story, once endangered, red kites now lift the hearts of folk with their soaring circles over many parts of the UK, especially in February and March. Have a great weekend in the woods, and stay safe if you are in the path of Storm Dennis. -
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#woodlandscouk #redkite #birdsofprey #ukbirdlife #blueskies #successstory #matingdance #ukraptors #valentinebirds #gracefulflight

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A fallen oak tree, decomposing naturally in the woods. Oaks in the UK support the greatest number of life forms of any tree, including invertebrates, birds, mammals, fungi, lichens, mosses and of course, humans. Even in 'death' they flourish with life, as their breakdown takes up to a century and feeds woodpeckers and beetles and makes a home for countless species. -
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They are like the whales of the forest. (In the ocean, the body of a dead whale feeds hundreds of creatures for several decades). Like the whale, these trees need our appreciation and practical protection so that they can go on living and dying in their age-old beneficial, natural way. Many such trees will soon be threatened if HS2 does indeed go ahead. Do you know where your local at-risk woods are? Perhaps other developments in your locale are planned for woodlands, SSSIs and reserves, which had seemed protected. -
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Today we can share the love for the woods we care about so much, and see where we can make a difference close to home. Forests worldwide are certainly under attack by fire and felling. There is a way not to feel powerless against this. Love and protect your local woodlands, plants trees, learn the corners of your green spaces. Today for Valentines we are planting an oak that a jackdaw buried in a pot of rocket 4 years ago. Thanks to jackdaw for its forgetfulness, we now have a 3 ft sapling. -
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#valentinestree #oakappreciation #woodlandscouk #woodlands #woods #ukwoodland #naturalcycle #nowasteinnature #lifeindeath #habitatforwildlife #forestfloor #showtreessomelove #cycleoflife #planttreeslocally

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Another film from the rainy woods. A flint stone that has been shaped by human hands to make a scraper. It may well have been made thousands of years ago as it was found on a 3,000 year old burial site in Hampshire, by one of the Woodlands.co.uk team. -
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#woodlandscouk #flint #flinttool #stoneage #primitivetechnology #ancestralskills #hampshirewoods #ukwoodland #lookdown #notjustanystone #scraper #lithictools #foraging #winterwoods #whomadethis

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The north / south divide. -
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It's true what they say, there is a difference between the north and the south... And on trees in UK, where they are not overstood, shaded, or too tightly packed, you can see this phenomenon clearly. The moss grows, showing green, where it faces generally towards the north. Less, or no moss at all grows on the side which faces south. The sun reaches this side for more of the day, more of the year, and as moss prefers shade and moisture to prevent it drying out, it tends not to grow on the south side, or not as profusely. Though not to be used as proof, it is a good indicator of direction, when used with other natural signs. -
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The first two pictures are of oak, with a lovely clear moss growth edge showing up when photographed from the south, the third picture is lime (linden) in the same grove. -
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Everything seems dormant now, but soon it will be time for ants. Essential part of woodland life, food for so many birds and small mammals, recyclers extraordinaire. No fun when you accidentally picnic by their nests, however. Keep an eye out this year for wildlife beyond the furry and photogenic. -
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Statistically, there's an 'insect apocalypse' going on right now, not just confined to bees, the acceptable face of six legged life. Insecticides, pesticides, certain modern farming techniques, air pollution and habitat loss have come together and some species are crashing. Can we retrain our sense of what is beautiful, or at least beneficial, so that we can unlearn the anti-insect habits many of us, myself included, learned as kids? Learning to see ants' place in the ecosystem of a wood is a good start. -
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Guess this tree has outgrown its sapling support sheath, then... -
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Winter woodland jobs: removing any ties, tubes or supports that are no longer needed and clearing the plastic out of the woods. Soon the leaves will be back and it will be time for making beech leaf noyau... -
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A bee deinking water at @bellhousedulwich this week on a warmer day. You can hear birdsong in the backgound, sound on! -
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