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We are actively encouraging local residents to get digging at a series of tree planting days, as part of our contribution to the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative. Designed to create a living legacy in Her Majesty’s name, a new public woodland is set to be created at the Hertford-based park...

Hints of Winter are starting to creep in and the hours of daylight are getting shorter. Trees are becoming barer and the incoming Winter migrants, such as the wigeon and gadwall – on and around the lakes – are fully settled in for the season. The jays, squirrels and other...

Panshanger Park is 1,000 acres of countryside situated between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is working with the park's owners, Tarmac, and Herts County Council to manage the park for both people and wildlife.

Timber sustainably sourced from Holborough Woods, near Snodland, in Kent, has found a new home at Panshanger Park.

Panshanger Park is 1,000 acres of countryside situated between Welwyn Garden City and Hertford. Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is working with the park's owners, Tarmac, and Herts County Council to manage the park for both people and wildlife.

Planting of a new jubilee woodland is soon to begin at Panshanger Park, with members of the local community being given the opportunity to show their respects by planting trees in memoriam to honour Her Majesty the Queen.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

The warmth of the summer continues as August brings more hot temperatures, clear skies and not many opportunities to unfurl our umbrellas (except perhaps to use for shade!). These prolonged dry temperatures are now very noticeable in our local green, or more accurately yellow, spaces.

Panshanger Park has been looking lovely (albeit a little dry) in the recent summer sunshine. The dragonflies and damselflies have been out in force along with many newly fledged birds. The long horn cattle are lazily swishing their tails in the heat whilst visitors to the park may well be...

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust have undertaken a programme of conservation work to help restore two hectares of rare heathland habitat at Hertford Heath nature reserve thanks to a grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.