Category: Stories

On 29th July 2021, we celebrated the start of the school summer holidays with a night time safari looking for some of our nocturnal wildlife – bats and glow worms. We had a great time and were fully booked, with 30 people attending. The income from your ticket sales supports our charitable work, so thank you to… Continue reading Bat and Glow Worm Night 2021

Become a Trustee of Hazel Hill Trust and help shape our work to bring people back into contact with nature. Volunteer role description: Non-executive Trustee Location: A mixture of on-site at Hazel Hill Wood, near Salisbury and online via Zoom. Time commitment: Minimum one day per month. About the organisation Hazel Hill Trust is a… Continue reading Become a volunteer Trustee of Hazel Hill Wood

All of our accommodation buildings at Hazel Hill Wood rely on wood burning stoves for heating and hot water. We have seven stoves in total! All our firewood is produced at the wood. We’ve recently improved our firewood restocking process, and it seems like a goodtime to explain how we do it…  Felling The first… Continue reading How is firewood made at Hazel Hill Wood?

The last weekend in May saw in our 3rd annual BioBlitz, a 24-hour wildlife survey to find as many different species of wildlife as possible!  Summary of wildlife records: 164 species so far (we could get a few more from photos) 53 moth species, including poplar hawk moth, little thorn, scorched wing, ochreous pug and… Continue reading BioBlitz 2021 Summary

Watch our recent online event all about the trees at the wood. We have around 30 species of tree and shrub at Hazel Hill Wood, which is a pretty good number for just 70 acres. Most of them are native.  I am coming from a wildlife conservation perspective. Other perspectives which come into play at… Continue reading Trees of Hazel Hill Wood and how to identify trees

Watch our recent online event all about birds. So far at Hazel Hill Wood we have recorded just over 40 species of bird – there are probably a few more which we either haven’t noticed yet or haven’t remembered to write down! We have lots of common bird species here which you might be familiar… Continue reading Birds of Hazel Hill Wood and how to be a good birdwatcher

Well it’s been a rather different year here at Hazel Hill. Sadly, most of our group bookings in 2020 were cancelled. But it was lovely to see smaller groups enjoying the wood instead in their ‘family and friend bubbles’. These bookings have been a lifeline for us in the current restrictions, and so we plan… Continue reading 2021 Hire – Now Open for Bookings

Haven’t been able to get away yet this year? Craving a digital detox from all those Zoom meetings? Why not spend this Christmas in one of our cosy off-grid lodges. Enjoy wintry walks with the family during the day, then kick back and relax in front of a log burner in the evening. Toast marshmallows over… Continue reading Christmas at the Wood

We’ve welcomed a total of 18 volunteers back at covid-secure volunteer days between July and December which is fantastic. We’ve done lots of scything and raking to keep the rides and glades in good condition for wildlife, given the bird boxes their annual clean, maintained paths and tidied around the buildings. We’ve had so many… Continue reading Woodland Update