Wild Woodland Celebrations at West Rugger's Green

Wild Woodland Celebrations at West Rugger's Green Raising funds to help to regenerate an area of local woodland using low impact methods to promote habitat diversification.

Sorry to be thinking about the December Festival already but thoughts on these little gift possibilities would be apprec...
31/08/2026

Sorry to be thinking about the December Festival already but thoughts on these little gift possibilities would be appreciated 😊

Woodland Waffling 4Everything seems just that bit greener and fresher since the rain.Enjoy your Bank Holiday, appreciate...
31/08/2026

Woodland Waffling 4

Everything seems just that bit greener and fresher since the rain.
Enjoy your Bank Holiday, appreciate the small things.
Wandering round the woods this morning made me think,
"Although we are so technologically advanced, its surprising to think, without the small stuff, where would we be?"

Thanks to a top team we now have a fantastic new wood store...need to finish the roof and treat but otherwise all done....
29/08/2026

Thanks to a top team we now have a fantastic new wood store...need to finish the roof and treat but otherwise all done. 😁
This is so helpful as we now have a decent amount of space to preserve the timber that was felled last winter as part of the management plan.
This will be turned into charcoal and sold. The proceeds will all go back into the woods 🥰
Cheers Stu Cook, Rachel Clements, Neil Clements love you guys ###x

23/08/2026

Woodland Waffling 3

Who has been nibbling your nuts?

Did you know, you can tell which rodents have been nibbling on your nuts just by the shell.

This one has been cracked open by a squirrel. They have jaws strong enough to split a Hazel nut clean in half.

Smaller mammals have to nibble there way in and leave a completely different looking shell behind.

16/08/2026

Ceiling light....or table base? I know what I think, what do you reckon?
❤️ for light. 👍for table base

14/08/2026

Yum! 😍

Woodland Wanderings #2 — When branches fall from a perfectly healthy treeThere is a strange phenomenon that occurs in w...
14/08/2026

Woodland Wanderings #2 —
When branches fall from a perfectly healthy tree

There is a strange phenomenon that occurs in woodlands during hot summer weather called "Summer Branch Drop", or "Sudden Limb Drop".

It is exactly what it sounds like: a large branch can suddenly break away from a mature tree, sometimes from a tree that looks completely healthy and shows no obvious signs that anything is wrong.

The phenomenon is most often associated with long periods of hot, dry weather, followed by heavy rain, and tends to happen during warm, still conditions — often on summer afternoons.

And this is the really curious part…

Nobody knows exactly why it happens.

There are several theories involving water stress, changes in the tree and the weight or internal stresses within large limbs, but there is still no definitive explanation. As the Institute of Chartered Foresters puts it, the phenomenon is “poorly researched” and its precise mechanism is not understood.

Research going back decades describes seemingly sound limbs suddenly failing in calm summer weather. One scientific paper noted that mature trees can lose apparently healthy limbs “during or following hot calm summer afternoons” or after heavy summer rain following a period of increasing soil dryness.

So, although it is a rare and fascinating natural phenomenon, it is also one worth being aware of.

When we're working in the woods during long, hot spells, we try not to spend unnecessary time directly underneath large, spreading branches — particularly after a good downpour.

It seems slightly counterintuitive, doesn't it?

We instinctively think that a tree is most dangerous when the wind is howling and the branches are thrashing around.

But sometimes the woods can be completely still… and that's when a seemingly healthy branch can quietly let go.

Nature is full of surprises. 🌿

Woodland Wanderings — little snippets from life in our woods, and some of the things we learn along the way.

Great to have this gang back in the woods! Pizzas to die for! 🥰
09/08/2026

Great to have this gang back in the woods! Pizzas to die for! 🥰

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