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Weekend Volunteer Tree Planting At Talla

Due to the very wet weather and high wind speeds we planted close to the barn at Talla today.

Weekend Volunteer Tree Planting On Talla Craig

After the previous weekend was cancelled due to freezing conditions, we were treated to a mostly…

Mideweek Volunteer Tree Planting On Ericstane (Co…

Just 2 volunteers this week plus the site manager. We began by planting a couple of apple trees …

Riparian Planting For The Neighbours At Corehead

In this tree planting session we planted a variety of native trees along a small burn on some la…

Tree Planting At Talla Craig

The conditions were great for the kick-off of the new planting season at Talla craig which was h…

Yellow Rattle Planting In Peebles Golf Course

Planted some yellow rattle...

Trees For Life - Dundreggan - Adding Fence Battens

On our first volunteering day at Dundreggan the task was to add battens to a dear fenced "exclos…

Plug Planting For The Neighbours At Corehead

Today we metaphorically sowed the seeds of a new wildflower meadow to boost the insect populatio…

Fit Counts At Corehead Cabin

For this activity we performed FIT Counts (Flower-Insect Timed Count) set off to Corehead meadow…

Big Bag Carrydown - Corehead - 2025

Introduction

The trees that were originally planted at Corehead were protected with pla…

Camp Out At Talla - Day 1 & 2

Introduction

After the dowsing we received in the volunteer camping trip on the previou…

Camp Out At Whitehope Valley - Day 1 & 2

Introduction

This was my first camping expedition with the BFT. One benefit of a weeken…

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

Unfortunately my records for this planting day were not very extensive. I took a couple of snaps…

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

This was a cracking planting session at "Molls Cleuch". Great weather and found some fantastic p…

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

Began by crossing the burn and then planting some alder by said burn and then some birch slightl…

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

This edition of planting on Moll's Cleuch was a wet one. It rained steadily throughout and made …

Tree Planting At Corehead (The Skirtle)

More planting at the skirtle! Volunteer-wise it was due to be me and 20 people from Edinburgh Un…

Vole Guard Removal At Carrifran

We walked along the track at Carrifran until we reached "holy Juniper". From there we fanned out…

Tree Planting At Corehead (The Skirtle)

More planting at the skirtle!

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

We were planting at the northern boundary of the T&G site which borders the access road. Dis…

Tree Planting At Corehead (The Skirtle)

There was a 45 min walk in from the Devil's beeftub carpark. The walk was along the ridge to Whi…

Tree Planting At Talla And Gameshope

My second ever tree planting session. I had volunteered one year earlier and on that occasion it…