🥾 A gathering for those in Forestry around the Wye Valley 🥧 Pie & Pint Night The Orepool Inn, Coleford 11th Feb 2026 Arrive 6:30pm Pie 7pm 👉 Reserve your seat: https://rfs.org.uk/pie-pint-night-orepool-inn/ by midnight 3rd Feb. #EveryInteractionMatters #CheckIn #TheDPJFoundation #Fuelwood

RFS Community Day at Charles Ackers Redwood Grove & Naylor Pinetum 📆 Saturday 28 February, 11am - 3pm ⏰Meet 10:30am at RFS Leighton car park Volunteers need long sleeves, trousers, boots/wellies, water, & lunch. Let us know you're coming: [email protected] #CommunityDay #Volunteering #RFSLeighton

A new year means some brand new Woodland Meetings hosted by our incredible regional Divisions. Find your local walks (or further if you fancy an adventure), and grab a chance to talk trees 🌳 https://rfs.org.uk/events-category/woodland-meetings/ #WoodlandWalks #RFSDivisions #BringYourFluffyFriend 🐕

🌳 No two woods are alike. Read a section of this free introductory guide to woodland management along with us each month to learn more about how to best manage your woodland. 👉 https://ow.ly/fCrK50Y1cjb #FreeResource #WoodlandManagement #SoYouOwnAWoodland Kindly funded by the Forestry Commission #FreeResource

⭐ DON'T MISS OUT! ⭐ Are you looking for a rewarding role close to home, with a friendly team, and a beautiful rural setting? We’d love to hear from you. 🌳 DEADLINE: SUNDAY 25TH JANUARY Find out more and apply: 👉 https://ow.ly/VtFU50Y16Ej #NewYearNewCareer #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork #CharityJobs

🌳 Woodland Plant of the Month: Gorse (Ulex europaeus) In brilliant yellow it's one of only a few native plants that flower all year round - perfect for pollinators. 🐝 For more info: https://ow.ly/gjgQ50Y15S0 #WoodlandPlantOfTheMonth #Gorse #UlexEuropaeus #January #LearningMore

Today is red squirrel appreciation day! Action Oak works with the UK Squirrel Accord, together focused on the health of our oak trees which are an important habitat for red squirrels. @uksquirrelaccord.bsky.social #redsquirrelappreciationday #actionoak #oaktrees #nativespecies 📸Ben Wayman

⭐Annual Study Tour: https://ow.ly/1TFv50XWHnK ⭐Women in Forestry: https://ow.ly/vQ2M50XWHnF ⭐Essential Guide to Caring for Your Woodland: https://ow.ly/QAUR50XWHnH ⭐The Woodland Carbon Code; https://ow.ly/Zccw50XWHnI #BookNow #MemberDiscounts #EarlyBirdPrices #RFSEvents #Training

🌳 NEW QJF FEATURED ARTICLE 🗺️ The Brechfa forest plots: results after 70 years by Adam Offler & Chris Reynolds 👉 Read: https://rfs.org.uk/insights-publications/quarterly-journal-of-forestry/qjf-featured-articles/ #QJF #TreeSpecies #DiversityMatters #PestsAndDiseases #TechnicalPaper #SiteAssessment

🔎✨We are looking for two new Committee members to join the Forestry Commission Expert Committee on Forest Science. 📢 Closing Date: 30th January 2026 🔗 Apply online: ow.ly/6qEG50XTng0 #ForestryCommission #ForestResearch #ECFS

🌳 Today try to show everyone a little extra kindness. Storm Goretti will have left damage and difficulties in it's wake. To everyone working outside today, assessing and fixing, and trying to make the best of it in the cold, please stay safe. #StormGoretti #StaySafe #CheckIn #CheckYourTone

🌳 New blog: Dr Tom Locatelli, climate change scientist at Forest Research, outlines how to protect your trees, improve resilience, & tools available to help. 👉 https://ow.ly/oNyx50XTox5 #StormGoretti #HighWinds #StormDamage #Resilience #FreeResources #GetPrepared #StormSeason #WoodlandManagement

🌲Do you want to help get passionate new trainees into the forestry industry in our successful Forestry Roots program? 👉 Apply below or contact our Careers team for more info: https://ow.ly/ofrH50XTnHL Deadline: 11th Feb #ForestryRootsHost #ForestryPathways #SectorGrowth #ApplicationsOpen

⭐ We’re hiring! ⭐ Join the Royal Forestry Society near Banbury as a Finance & Facilities Officer. Support our friendly team and help protect trees and woodlands across the UK 🌳 Apply: https://rfs.org.uk/jobs/finance-and-facilities-officer/ #BanburyJobs #OxfordshireJobs #CharityJobs #ForestryCareers

⭐ DEADLINE: 5TH! ⭐ Don't miss out on joining Action Oak as our new Researcher Coordinator! 🌳 Location: Remote 🌳 Salary: £27.6k 🌳 Contract: Part-time at 28hr p/w 🌳Interviews: 22nd & 26th Jan (online) Learn more: https://ow.ly/TlgZ50XNXb4 #ForestryJobs #ResearchCareers #UKForestry #NewYearNewCareer

⭐ END OF YEAR BONUS TREE TALK ⭐ Check out our very own Jen Turner (RFS Development Manager) in this webinar recorded for some of our corporate supporters with GreenTheUK on resilient tree planting for the future. https://ow.ly/kbAB50XMbWp #Resilience #TreePlanting #FutureTrees #TreeTalk #Webinar

"I would like to thank all our members & followers for your continued support... A special thank you to all our volunteers who help us run & support our activities across England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year!" ~ CEO Christopher Williams

🎁 As a festive special we offer you a host of recommendations from RFS and further afield. Whether you're listening on a walk, looking for something to read by the fire, or catching up on the latest blogs, there's something for everyone! #FestiveForestry #SeasonsGreetings #RFSRecommendations

🌳 Join us in 2026 for The Woodland Carbon Code: A Practical Guide to Carbon Funding for Woodland Owners With tutors David McCulloch (Head of CarbonStore) & Alex MacKinnon (Carbon Project Manager). 👉 For more details head to: https://ow.ly/PSbp50XM9LX #CarbonStoreUK #Tilhill #WoodlandCarbonCode

“As an RFS member, I was aware of the professional certification routes... The certificate offers a unique blend of theoretical learning with practical arborist competencies.” Leanne Ferris, Cert. Arb https://rfs.org.uk/news-list/testimonial-cert-arb/ #RFSCertifications #SaleNowOn #LearnMore

🌲New episode: Beyond Spruce: Ancient Trees for Future Forests Join Chris, Jen, and Elle to help break through some of the myths. 🎧 Tune in, join the conversation, and subscribe now! https://ow.ly/XbkL50XL2it #GoneForesting #Conifers #NativeOrNot #JoinTheConversation #NotJustForChristmas

“Beating the large pine weevil, and other pests like it, is important in the fight against climate change." - RFS CEO, Christopher Williams 👉 https://ow.ly/J3re50XBREm #TreePests #Forestry #ClimateChange #PineWeevils #WoodlandManagement

⭐ We're hiring! ⭐ Join our friendly and dedicated team at our RFS office near Banbury and play your part to help protect trees and woodlands in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 🌳https://rfs.org.uk/jobs/finance-and-facilities-officer/ #RFSJobs #ForestryJobsBoard #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork

🌳 "For over a century, the Wills family has cared for Miserden Estate, nurturing 344 hectares of woodland at the heart of the Cotswolds.... to ensure the woods thrive for generations to come." 🥾 https://ow.ly/5FPI50XCIkE #MiserdenEstate #WoodlandManagement #Sustainability

“He knows his way around all the woods like the back of his hand,” the estate notes. “That’s because he has planted most of these trees. Their care and welfare has always been his first priority.” 👉 https://ow.ly/jpEn50XBfjR #RFSAwards #LongService #TreePlanting #Estate #WoodlandManagement

"I'd like to recognise the entire 'trail‑blazing' cohort for their hard work and resilience..." 👉 https://ow.ly/9vBF50XBf85 Congratulations to all Professional Forester graduates at the University of Cumbria ! #StudentAwards #ProfessionalForester #Apprenticeship #ForestryCareers

🥾 Goodhart Bursary: help attending the RFS Annual Study Tour 🌳 Spencer Bursary: help attending RFS events 🌱 Viking Bursary: help study of forestry benefiting woodland management 🗺️ Randle Travel Bursary: help travel enhancing forestry knowledge #Bursaries #Forestry #WoodlandManagement #ApplyNow

🌱 "I took the bus to help on a volunteer day. I quickly realised that this was the right fit for me and I became instantly hooked!" - Amy Timms, Avon Needs Trees 👉 https://ow.ly/bye950XyFvA #NationalTreeWeek #TreePlanting #WoodlandCreation #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcoAction

⭐ We're hiring! Join Action Oak as our Researcher Coordinator. 🌳 Remote / optional bases 🌳 £27,600 🌳 Part-time contract 28 hrs p/w 🌳 Apply by: 5 Jan 2026 Learn more: https://ow.ly/gapZ50XyFip #ForestryJobs #EnvironmentalScience #Oaks #NativeTrees #ResearchCareers #NatureJobs #NationalTreeWeek

Check out our favourite Thors Day oak fact from Action Oak. You can find much more on their website www.actionoak.org plus oak-related blogs at www.rfs.org.uk! What's your favourite fact about the glorious Oak tree? Let us know! #ActionOak #ThorsDay #LightningStrikes #SacredOak #Quercus

Join our national monitoring project and help expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to improve understanding of the eight toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. 👉 Sign up: ow.ly/TICy50XtxN9 @forestrycommission.bsky.social @sylva.org.uk #DefraGovUK

🌲“I feel proud every time I tell a client I am an RFS-Certified Forester. It is more than a credential; it is a reflection of a lifetime’s work.” Get 50% off on applications this Black Friday! 👉 Read more: https://ow.ly/I4xO50XwLV5 #Forestry #ProfessionalCertification #BlackFriday

Researcher Spotlight!💡🧐 Celyn Bassett (Aberystwyth Uni) is monitoring oak tree health using an app. Gathering info about oaks in the field to help estimate their health and get a view of how disease is spreading. Could you volunteer time to help us monitor our oaks? #oaktrees #nationaltreeweek

Check out @actionoak.bsky.social's competition giveaway! "In this dazzling book, biodiversity expert Tillon narrates the story of the tree he calls Quercus... A book of ecology unlike any other, Being An Oak offers a tree-eyed view of life on earth."

🌳 It's National Tree Week! We will be proudly reposting Action Oak this week to show off their amazing work with one of the nation's favourite tree species. Check out their socials for the latest research, and much more! 🙂 Watch this space! #NationalTreeWeek #NTW25 #ActionOak #MoreToCome

🌱 Jemma's been out today with a great group of Year 5 and 6s: planting more than 100 mixed species at Bishop Lonsdale, Derby. 🌳 Trees bring so many benefits, and it was clear in the lesson that the children were excited to get to work #TreePlanting #OutdoorLearning #MixedSpecies #TeachingTrees

So proud of our partnership, what they have achieved, and what there is to come. Find more information via: www.actionoak.org #ActionOak #ProtectOurTrees #AnnualReport

Forestry and arboriculture education has a new digital home 🌱 Silvestor is a go-to platform for training, careers and CPD in forestry and arboriculture. Access a range of content to help you learn, grow and upskill – it’s free to register! 🔗 https://silvestor.org.uk

⭐ Spencer Bursary is now open for applications! ⭐ Grab the opportunity for funded RFS events and training for current students an recent graduates. 🌳 Find out more: https://rfs.org.uk/news-list/spencer-bursary-opens-for-applications/ #SpencerBursary #RFSEvents #CareerDevelopment #StudentSupport

Check out a wealth of career inspiration via RFS: 🌲 Trees & Woodland Inspector: https://ow.ly/GqJJ50Xogqc 🗺️ A Geographer's Career: https://ow.ly/V0n050Xogqe 🌱 RFS Learning & Outreach Manager: https://ow.ly/xN5Y50Xogqf #GreenCareersWeek #GCW25 #CareerJourneys #Inspiration #Woodlands #Trees

🌳Green Careers Week raises aspirations, support diversity, & promote opportunities. We love to open a world of trees to young people & career-changers. 🌱 Find resources & Careers Advice Service: https://ow.ly/vQMs50XmnHC #GreenCareersWeek #ForestryCareers #Opportunities

🌳 NEW QJF FEATURED ARTICLE 🕵️ Species, Genes and Epigenetics: How Dimensions of Diversity Interact for Forest Resilience. “... there may be a trade-off ... However, the cost of not diversifying may be greater.” 👉 https://ow.ly/zWMe50X4iH2 #TreeSpecies #ForestResilience #Genetics

🌱 Storms don't need to mean the end. 👉 https://ow.ly/UXw750Xh6Jn “Climate change [will] bring even more extreme weather... There are things that can be done now to help our forests withstand storms better in the future.” #StormSeason #GrantsForResilience #WoodlandManagement #SurviveStorms

⛈️ Flash back to when Chris joined Tom Heap to talk storms, climate change and planting woodland for the future for the Radio 4 'Costing the Earth' programme. 👉 https://rfs.org.uk/news-list/talking-storms/ #BBCRadio4 #StormSeason #TalkingStorms #StormDamage #ForestResilience #ClimateChange

🍃 Storm season is back! Find resources, info on grants for resilience, and case studies to inspire after storm damage. 👉 https://rfs.org.uk/insights-publications/case-studies/storm-arwen-saw-logs-and-red-squirrels/ #GrantsForResilience #Forestry #Wildlife #StormArwen #StormSeason #CaseStudies

"Growing up, forestry and arb didn't feel like a place for me... Forestry Roots is a gateway into a new chapter in my life and I can't wait to show the world what I'm capable of." - Jessie. Read more: https://ow.ly/VQJs50XchCA #ForestryRoots #FutureForesters #GreenCareers #ProfessionalDevelopment

🌳 How do new woodlands shape wellbeing and sense of place? Research led by Dr Beth Brockett at Forest Research found communities see local tree planting as good for both nature and people. 🔍 Learn more: ow.ly/kLaK50XaSGB #WoodlandCreation | #SocialScience

🌳 NEW QJF FEATURED ARTICLE 🕵️ The Importance of Visual Surveys in Tree Health Surveillance & the Role of Public Reporting “Every additional sighting and report is vital to address pressing questions.” 👉 https://ow.ly/Iyni50X4ioM #TreeHealth #WoodlandManagement #CitizenScience Forest Research

⭐ NEW GONE FORESTING EPISODE: Mental Health in Forestry: Breaking the Silence RFS brings together leading voices from across the sector to tackle one of forestry’s toughest topics: mental health. ⚠️ Strong language & sensitive topics. https://ow.ly/RRHE50X5xEQ #WorldMentalHealthDay #CheckIn

🌍 Forest resilience is arguably the most pressing and fundamental issue for our sector. Join us for the NDG Memorial Lecture as we move from discussion to action. https://ow.ly/rttw50X6aya #RFSEvents #ForestResilience #FutureForestry #WoodlandManagement #Conservation #NDGJames #MemorialLecture