An exciting week to be an oak sapling!
On Monday 20th, the TreeACTION Project teamed up with Hyndburn's Nature Reserves Project to rescue some small oak saplings at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR.
These little trees are planted accidentally by Jays when they forget the location of their acorn cache! As the heather is a vital habitat, they would eventually have been cut down. We dug up 60 oaks to give them a brighter future elsewhere in Hyndburn.
On Tuesday 21st, the smaller oaks were potted up at our Tree Nursery, allowing them to grow stronger before they’re planted next year.
Lastly, on Wednesday 22nd, 15 of the larger oaks found their new home at Harvey Street in Oswaldtwistle - a beautiful way to complete their journey in just three days!
A huge thank you to our incredible and hard-working volunteers 
Oak Sapling Rescue at the Coppice
A freshly dug up Oak Sapling
A volunteer holding an Oak Sapling
Potting on the Oaks at our new Tree Nursery
Re-planting the larger Oaks at Harvey St
Oak Sapling Rescue Success! (January 2025)