On the 17th February the Green Team organised a winter tree ID walk with Prospects very own Woodland's Officer, Gareth Muir.
Attendees learnt how to identify tree species using different features such as twigs, buds, bark, growing habitat and surrounding habitat! This is quite a bit more tricky in winter due to the lack of leaves available. However, everyone got on well with the challenge and had a great time doing so! We would like to thank everyone who attended we hope you learnt a lot and are looking forward to the Spring ID walk on Friday 14th April!
This was also our first venture through Whinney Hill woodland since the improvement of the footpaths and steps have taken place, as funded by LCC and Lancashire Environment Fund. There it still some work left to go however, the site is now much more accessible!
We would also like to thank Green Recovery Challenge Fund and National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting the work we do!
