Exciting news from Devon! Over 2,500 native trees have been planted at Bowden Pillars, marking the first step in creating a Celtic rainforest. This initiative by the Devon Wildlife Trust aims to restore a rare habitat, benefiting both wildlife and carbon storage. Kudos to the volunteers making this possible! 🌳🌿

@goodnews

#CelticRainforest #DevonWildlife #Reforestation #GoodNews
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/29/thousands-of-trees-planted-in-devon-to-start-creation-of-celtic-rainforest

Lost area of Welsh #rainforest to be returned to ancient glory https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/15/lost-area-of-welsh-rainforest-to-be-returned-to-ancient-glory

"The 59-hectare site in #Pembrokeshire will be planted with species such as #oak, small-leaf lime and wild service (Sorbus torminalis) and should support an abundance of #mosses, #liverworts, #lichens and #ferns as well as providing a home for #animals and other plant life. Its southern tip will connect to remnants of the #CelticRainforest in the #GwaunValley while in the north it runs on to open #moorland."

#CelticRainforest #restoration work surpasses Scottish national target, giving hope for nature recovery https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/celtic-rainforest-restoration-work-surpasses-scottish-national-target-giving-hope-for-nature-recovery-4619624

"Internationally scarce and at risk of vanishing, #Scotland’s temperate #rainforests need every bit of help they can get... They are found on Scotland’s west coast, in the ‘hyper-oceanic’ zone, where cool summers, mild winters, wet conditions and clean air provide ideal conditions for some of the world’s rarest #plants and #fungi to thrive."

#Biofluorescence: Unseen world of the #CelticRainforest revealed by UV
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68301119

"The ancient woodlands are full of #moss and #lichen which light up under #UV and lots of creatures too, like #WoodLice and #centipedes all doing interesting things."

A bench within a Welsh temperate #rainforest

Temperature rainforest rarer than tropical #rainforest & it’s fragmented, dotted around Wales, & the U.K. - @CoedCadw

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/temperate-rainforest/

#CelticRainforest #AncientWoodland at Seren Retreat in the #Gower

#trees #SilentSunday

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Temperate rainforest rarer than tropical #rainforest & it’s fragmented, dotted around Wales, & the U.K. - @CoedCadw

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/temperate-rainforest/

#CelticRainforest #AncientWoodland at Seren Retreat in the #Gower

Guy Shrubsole’s ‘Lost Rainforests of Britain’ https://lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2022/10/21/new-maps-reveal-britains-lost-rainforests/

#trees #video #shortfilm

2 weeks ago I was blissfully in Coed Felenrhyd! - ancient oak forest, 'ASNW' ancient semi-natural woodland, aka 'Celtic Rainforest' Atlantic oakwood.

I've wanted to go there for ages. Coed Felenrhyd! Even the name itself tastes beautiful to me. North Wales, on the edge of Eryri.

Oak-predominant biome lets so much light through, which makes it possible for rare moss & lichen. It feels like time itself heaps up within these green beings.

#moss #woodland #CelticRainforest #autumn #trees #oak