Birds and nests
May is the busiest month for birds, as they nest, lay eggs and care for their young. Here at Running Deer it is easy to spot a number of interesting and beautiful birds going around their daily business.
Conservation
Running Deer Wildlife Survey
For an hour of our school day, a survey on the wildlife in Butterdon wood was completed. The woods have truly sprung into life in recent weeks, and the wildlife are hard at work.
Tree Planting Days
We are delighted to have been awarded a Woodland Trust tree pack this year to help with the creation of our new broadleaf woodland to replace the larch that was felled last winter.
Dormice at Butterdon Wood
Dormice at Butterdon Wood have made the Running Deer team very excited! We had already seen evidence of dormice from the hazelnut shells scattered around the woodland. Dormice, like wood mice and bank voles gnaw a round hole in the shel of a nut, each leaving a very distinctive mark.
Transforming Butterdon Wood
Transforming Butterdon Wood has not been an easy task! Running Deer’s team and band of volunteers have worked hard to implement our woodland management plan to transform Butterdon Wood, since it’s purchase back in July 2013. The results have been amazing and very rewarding.
Introducing Butterdon Wood
Introducing Butterdon Wood, formerly part of the Fingle Estate and now the home of Running Deer. We purchased the smallest Lot that was for sale back in July 2013, at the same time as the Woodland Trust and National Trust successfully secured funding to purchase the whole of Fingle Woods...some 800 plus acres in size.