Our Voices

This fantastic mushroom is a brown brain fungus – Tremella steidleri.

Last week Glenan Wood hosted our first large event for another organisation. We spent the proceeding days erecting some extra shelters with the support of volunteers. We were sure to leave plenty of space between each structure; so guests would retain awareness of the place they were in. In his welcoming address, Ian Dow, woodland … Read more

Morag Boyd of Scottish Badgers came through from Fife to train a group of volunteers in how to survey the countryside for badgers. We gathered in the Glenan carpark – about ten of us from Tighnabruaich, Strachur, Dunoon and even one from South Glasgow. Setting off up the track we very soon found a couple … Read more

There will be an Annual General Meeting of Friends of Glenan Wood on Thursday 29th August, at 12.30pm in the Yurt in the entrance meadow to the wood. All are welcome. The Agenda will be: 1. Welcome. 2. Chair’s Report 3. Treasurer’s Report 4. Trustee Elections. 5. Any other competent business, notified in advance. 6. … Read more

Very exciting news! We have started a monitoring project for glenan wood using the popular app inaturalist. This allows anyone to record geolocated observations of cool finds in the wood.  There is a growing community that can help you with species identification. Create a login on your computer here and find a link to download … Read more

Read enough? Donate here! Along the shore path on the way to Glenan Bay is a beautiful burn. the bank and vegetation is abraiding from visiting walkers in the woods. In addition, I’ve met more than a few elderly woodland users that struggle to step down into the burn and up the other side; and … Read more

Over the Easter weekend, led by Alasdair Firth of the Woodland Trust Scotland; we equipped ourselves with the knowledge and skills to assess the impact of herbivores on ecosystems. Over the course of the weekend we learned how to use the Herbivore Impact Assessment methodology, in the process we visited a number of sites with … Read more

We are seeking regular volunteers to help us tend the wood. We can sort your travel expenses. Read on! With thanks to a generous grant from the Argyll Supporting Communities Fund, we are delighted to be able to offer reimbursement of travel expenses for volunteers within the Cowal & Bute area. We also welcome our … Read more

A group of local teens gathered around a woodland fire close to the community orchard at the weekend for the second installment of their exploration of the Ash tree. Led by Marylou Anderson of the Argyll Outdoor Woodland Learning group, with supporting facilitation by local Green woodworker Mark Bamford & our Forest Ranger Rhyddian Knight; … Read more

Amongst some other top line tasks this week, I’ve been making content for the new website. Without a current community led plan, in an attempt to qualify a new webpage titled ‘Our Ambition’, this short blog is an unexpected outcome. Based on the ‘with people’ component of some current reflections on ‘Land Care’, ‘People Care’; … Read more