Category: Newsletter

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• Newsletter September 2026

  

  September at Leadburn Community Woodland brings early signs of autumn

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  September 30, 2026

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  common carder bee, common darter dragonfly, devils bit scabious, hills, leadburn moss

• Newsletter August 2026

  

  This wonderful photo of a leaping roe deer was taken by Nigel Phillips of Penicuik Camera Club.

  pstevenson12345

  August 30, 2026

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  crab apple, habitat map, heather, knapweed, roe deer, rosebay willowherb

• Newsletter July 2026

  

  The Woodland has been buzzing with life this month.

  pstevenson12345

  July 29, 2026

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  Burnet Moth, common newt, dog rose, lady’s bedstraw, Large Emerald Moth, oak seedling, red clover, yellow loosestrife

• Newsletter June 2026

  

  The warm weather at the end of June has meant good sightings of a range of different butterflies across the different habitats on site.

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  June 29, 2026

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  bird’s foot trefoil, butterfly, common spotted orchid, guelder rose, large heath butterfly, large skipper, northern marsh orchid, red adminral, scything, small pearl-bordered fritillary, two banded longhorn beetle, volunteers, white water lily, yellow rattle

• Newsletter May 2026

  

  Leadburn’s aspen trees are looking fantastic at the moment.

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  May 28, 2026

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  aspen, may, roe deer

• Newsletter April 2026

  

  The original log bench by the Frog Pond has now almost completely returned to the soil, so last weekend volunteers installed a more substantial replacement

  pstevenson12345

  April 28, 2026

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  april, bench, blackthorn, cherry, coltsfoot, cowslips, raven, ringing, violet, volunteer

• Newsletter March 2026

  

  The woodland is slowly emerging from winter dormancy. This month, however, it is interesting to have some reminders of its previous life.

  pstevenson12345

  March 29, 2026

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  ammunition hut, experimental forestry, march, snowflakes, volunteer

• Newsletter February 2026

  

  A recent snowfall bore witness to the variety of visitors who enjoy the Woodland

  pstevenson12345

  February 28, 2026

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  deer, february, hares, laboratory, snowflakes

• Newsletter January 2026

  

  On bleak January days it’s good to find so much colour on the Woodland.

  pstevenson12345

  January 28, 2026

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  colour, january

• Newsletter December 2025

  

  The bare winter trees offer a greater focus on their varied and often beautiful barks.

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  December 29, 2025

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  alder, aspen, blackthorn, goat willow, holly, native, oak, rose, scots pine, silver birch, wild cherry