Hazel dormouse sleeping in box, found, weighed and recorded during the dormouse survey of 2024 On Friday 4th Sept 2026, we spent four hours walking through the woodlands of historic Ham Hill Country Park in Somerset, checking more than 40 dormouse nest boxes for signs of life. Dormice surveys are conducted every year to monitor the small population that lives here. Two years ago, around 8 nests were found, last year, after a long dry summer, none. Our hopes were a little low.

We were proud to be showcasing CAP at Sustainable Film's dedicated trade exhibition at Pinewood Studios last week, Thurs 9 July. They brought together a brilliant array of businesses working hard in the sustainability sector for film & TV. Having production teams, electrical departments, locations managers and sustainability leads under one roof is incredibly useful and genuinely heartening. There is a lot of hard work going on from many passionate people in this growing sect

Another 700 CAP funded trees are in 🙌 and sinking roots into a farmland ridge to extend woodland and slow the flow of water as it runs down to the flood prone Somerset Levels. A huge thanks to our planting partners @reimaginingthelevels and to our generous funders @faragoprojects @deniseshenton @academyfilms and @ blankco.uk . It feels good to be forging steadily onwards with tree planting in this increasingly flip flopppy world. Roots in, buds growing, sun peaking throug

Across the gloomiest days of early Jan, hardy local volunteers were forcing spades into the cold ground in a sterling effort to get trees planted. They managed several hundred of the 5000 total CAP funded trees that have now been planted to help replenish the ancient Holcot & Reynolds Woods in Bedfordshire. The work is tough but thanks to its strong purpose everyone kept locked in! The trees will replace any dying ash and boost growth throughout. Species include oak, hornbeam

🌲🌲🌲Cash cropping trees in Scotland is an established and growing part of the landscape. Last week, Dec 2025, we joined our lovely partners Eadha Enterprises who are planting 3,400 CAP funded broadleaf trees🌿🍂within a 4.5 hectare conifer plantation to help soften the impact of the next tree crop. The trees will help boost cover & provide forage for wildlife 🕸🦡🐞🦋 and give walkers🚶‍♂️pathways to enjoy. Tree species will include Sessile Oak, Hazel, Rowan, Eared Willow,

A healthy 6,500 CAP funded trees are starting life under the watchful eye of our attentive planting partners at Trees for Life a stone's throw from Loch Ness 🤸‍♀️🌿🍁💫 They are currently spread through the various stages of stratification, germination, growing in polytunnels & hardening up at the Dundreggan Tree Nursery preparing for planting out in the spring when the ground is softer. These trees are bobbing along their life journeys thanks to the incredibly generous fun