Woodland Archived Blogs & News
2024/25 Activities
- Maryburgh Community Woodland Group – Bat Walk Recap (20 September 2025)
Maryburgh Community Woodland Group – Bat Walk Recap (20 September 2025) On Saturday 20 September 2025, the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group hosted a… Read more: Maryburgh Community Woodland Group – Bat Walk Recap (20 September 2025) - WANTED – Old Tools
WANTED – Old Tools Do you have old tools hiding away in your shed or garage?Maryburgh Community Woodland Group’s volunteers… Read more: WANTED – Old Tools - Den Building Competition – Gala WeekDen Building Competition – Gala Week Tuesday evening, 17th June 2025 people from Maryburgh Community gathered in the open green… Read more: Den Building Competition – Gala Week
- Results – Spring Plant Hunt May 2025
Results – Spring Plant Hunt Mary 2025 The Community Woodland group ran a Spring Plant Hunt last Saturday (31 May).… Read more: Results – Spring Plant Hunt May 2025 - Easter Animal Trail – 2025
Easter Animal Trail – 2025 Just before 9:00 am on Saturday 19th April, the message was sent to our members that… Read more: Easter Animal Trail – 2025 - 2024 Tree Condition Survey
A tree condition survey was carried out on the 18th July by A Jackman & R Fraser (MArborA) BSc on… Read more: 2024 Tree Condition Survey - Tree Planting and Woodland Tidy Up
Saturday 27 April 2024. After the instruction, the group started planting the new tree saplings in the designated area. These… Read more: Tree Planting and Woodland Tidy Up - Logo Competition
Design a Logo and win a £50 first prize The Maryburgh Community Woodland Group would like you to design a… Read more: Logo Competition - Bird Boxes in Community Woodland
Part of our intention is to increase the biodiversity within the woodland. In order to achieve this, new wooden bird… Read more: Bird Boxes in Community Woodland
2023 Activities
- Community Woodland Update
Tree Felling During Wednesday 8th November and Thursday 9th November, a small team from Ross-shire Tree Surgery started work on… Read more: Community Woodland Update - Maryburgh Tidy Up
10:00 am on November 4th 2023 saw a gathering of volunteers in Birch Drive, just by the Community Woodland. The… Read more: Maryburgh Tidy Up - Woodland Update May 2023
Dangerous Trees The Maryburgh Community Woodland Group have now arranged with a local Tree Surgeon to have some trees felled… Read more: Woodland Update May 2023 - Maryburgh Community Woodland
Maryburgh Community Woodland The woodland is an irregularly shaped area of amenity land located between Birch Drive and Dunglass Road… Read more: Maryburgh Community Woodland
2024/25 Clean-Ups
- Clean-Up Day, November 2025Clean-Up Day, November 2025 On Saturday morning the 1st November, eleven local volunteers from Maryburgh were in the community woodland… Read more: Clean-Up Day, November 2025
- Clean-Up Day, October 2025Clean-Up Day, October 2025 Once again, the Maryburgh Community Woodland Group had their regular Monthly clean-up day on the 11… Read more: Clean-Up Day, October 2025
- Clean-Up Day, September 2025Clean-Up Day, September 2025 Moth Survey Last weekend was a busy time for members of the Community Woodland Group. It… Read more: Clean-Up Day, September 2025
- Clean-Up Day, August 2025Clean-Up Day, August 2025 A new month and a new Clean-Up day in the Community Woodland. Saturday 2nd August saw a… Read more: Clean-Up Day, August 2025
- Clean-Up Day, July 2025Clean-Up Day, July 2025 On Saturday morning the 5th July, ten local volunteers from Maryburgh were in the community woodland… Read more: Clean-Up Day, July 2025
- Clean-Up Day, June 2025Clean-Up Day, June 2025 At the beginning of June the volunteers were out again maintaining the community woodland for the… Read more: Clean-Up Day, June 2025
- Clean-Up Day, May 2025Clean-Up Day, May 2025 The start of another month and the volunteers were out again maintaining the community woodland for… Read more: Clean-Up Day, May 2025
- Clean-Up Day, April 2025Clean-Up Day, April 2025 Reduction of Rhododendron ponticum Four months into the year and the group of volunteers were out… Read more: Clean-Up Day, April 2025
- Clean-Up Day, March 2025As Spring Arrives the Work Continues The first of March once again saw a small group of volunteers carry on… Read more: Clean-Up Day, March 2025
- Clean-Up Day, 8th February 2025A Cold Day in the Woodland On a very cold day on Saturday 8th February once again 13 volunteers including… Read more: Clean-Up Day, 8th February 2025
- Clean-Up Day, 1st February 2025On Saturday 1st February once again saw 14 volunteers including 2 younger members from the local community in the Community woodland… Read more: Clean-Up Day, 1st February 2025
- Clean-Up Day 25 January 2025Twelve Volunteers including 3 enthusiastic children from the Maryburgh Community were once again out last Saturday morning to carry out… Read more: Clean-Up Day 25 January 2025
- Clean-Up Day, December 2024Monthly Community Woodland Clean-Up Saturday the 7th December was planned as the second Woodland Clean-up. The weather was overcast when a… Read more: Clean-Up Day, December 2024
- Clean-Up day, Nov. 2024
Monthly Community Woodland Clean-up Last Saturday the 2nd of November 2024 a small group of volunteers took part in a Maryburgh… Read more: Clean-Up day, Nov. 2024