The Gamekeepers Table

10/08/2026

☀️🔥 Preparing for winter… even on the hottest days! 🔥☀️

While everyone else is enjoying the summer sunshine, we’re already looking ahead to the colder months. The log store is being filled ready for winter, with plenty of seasoned firewood to keep homes warm and cosy when those chilly evenings return.

It might seem a little strange thinking about winter while standing in the summer heat, but when you work with firewood, preparation is everything! 🌲🪵

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30/07/2026

🌿 Supporting Local Businesses That Support Us 🌿

At The Gamekeepers Table, we rely on machinery every day, so having a business we can trust is essential.

AC Garden Machinery ltd has become our go-to for servicing and repairs. They’re always friendly, reliable, knowledgeable and fairly priced, keeping our woodland management equipment running exactly as it should.

If you’re looking for honest advice and quality workmanship, we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.

A huge thank you to the team at AC Garden Machinery Ltd for helping keep us doing what we love. 🌲🦌

Supporting local businesses that work just as hard as we do. 💚

30/07/2026

12/07/2026

What is the WS3 Squirrel Control Grant?

“The WS3 Squirrel Control Grant provides funding to help woodland owners manage grey squirrel populations that are damaging trees. By reducing squirrel damage, your woodland can grow stronger, produce better quality timber and support more wildlife, while the grant helps cover the cost of carrying out the work.”

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Benefits you can explain to clients

🌳 Healthier Woodlands

Grey squirrels strip bark from young and mature broadleaf trees, leaving them vulnerable to disease, poor growth and even death. Controlling squirrel numbers helps protect valuable trees and allows them to mature.

🌱 Better Timber Quality

Bark stripping reduces the quality and value of timber. Managing squirrel populations helps ensure trees reach their full potential, increasing the long-term value of the woodland.

🦋 Improved Biodiversity

Healthier trees create healthier habitats. By protecting woodland from squirrel damage, native plants, birds, insects and other wildlife all benefit.

💷 Financial Support

The grant helps towards the costs of planning and carrying out squirrel control, making effective woodland management more affordable.

📈 Protecting Your Investment

Whether your woodland is managed for conservation, shooting, recreation or timber, squirrel damage can undo years of work. The WS3 grant helps safeguard your woodland for future generations.

# biodiversity

07/07/2026

The WS1 grant is designed to help woodland owners manage deer populations where they are causing damage. Too many deer can eat young trees, prevent natural regeneration, and damage important habitats. This grant provides financial support to help you carry out a structured deer management programme, protecting the long-term health of your woodland while contributing to conservation.”

🌳 Healthier woodlands

* Deer browse young trees before they can establish.
* By controlling deer numbers, new trees have a much better chance of surviving and growing into mature woodland.

🌱 Better natural regeneration

* Instead of constantly replanting, the woodland can begin to regenerate naturally.
* This creates a more resilient, self-sustaining woodland over time.

🦋 Improved biodiversity

* When deer pressure is reduced, wildflowers, shrubs and young trees recover.
* This provides food and shelter for birds, insects and other wildlife, improving the overall habitat.

💷 Financial support

* The grant helps cover the costs of planning, monitoring and carrying out deer management, making it more affordable for woodland owners.

📈 Long-term value

* A healthy woodland is generally more productive, more attractive and better able to withstand pests, diseases and climate pressures.

07/07/2026

The WS1 grant is designed to help woodland owners manage deer populations where they are causing damage. Too many deer can eat young trees, prevent natural regeneration, and damage important habitats. This grant provides financial support to help you carry out a structured deer management programme, protecting the long-term health of your woodland while contributing to conservation.”

🌳 Healthier woodlands

* Deer browse young trees before they can establish.
* By controlling deer numbers, new trees have a much better chance of surviving and growing into mature woodland.

🌱 Better natural regeneration

* Instead of constantly replanting, the woodland can begin to regenerate naturally.
* This creates a more resilient, self-sustaining woodland over time.

🦋 Improved biodiversity

* When deer pressure is reduced, wildflowers, shrubs and young trees recover.
* This provides food and shelter for birds, insects and other wildlife, improving the overall habitat.

💷 Financial support

* The grant helps cover the costs of planning, monitoring and carrying out deer management, making it more affordable for woodland owners.

📈 Long-term value

* A healthy woodland is generally more productive, more attractive and better able to withstand pests, diseases and climate pressures.

05/07/2026

The WS3 Squirrel Control Grant provides funding to help woodland owners manage grey squirrel populations that are damaging trees. By reducing squirrel damage, your woodland can grow stronger, produce better quality timber and support more wildlife, while the grant helps cover the cost of carrying out the work.

🌳 Healthier Woodlands

Grey squirrels strip bark from young and mature broadleaf trees, leaving them vulnerable to disease, poor growth and even death. Controlling squirrel numbers helps protect valuable trees and allows them to mature.

🌱 Better Timber Quality

Bark stripping reduces the quality and value of timber. Managing squirrel populations helps ensure trees reach their full potential, increasing the long-term value of the woodland.

🦋 Improved Biodiversity

Healthier trees create healthier habitats. By protecting woodland from squirrel damage, native plants, birds, insects and other wildlife all benefit.

💷 Financial Support

The grant helps towards the costs of planning and carrying out squirrel control, making effective woodland management more affordable.

📈 Protecting Your Investment

Whether your woodland is managed for conservation, shooting, recreation or timber, squirrel damage can undo years of work. The WS3 grant helps safeguard your woodland for future generations.

04/07/2026

The WS1 grant is designed to help woodland owners manage deer populations where they are causing damage. Too many deer can eat young trees, prevent natural regeneration, and damage important habitats. This grant provides financial support to help you carry out a structured deer management programme, protecting the long-term health of your woodland while contributing to conservation

🌳 Healthier woodlands

* Deer browse young trees before they can establish.
* By controlling deer numbers, new trees have a much better chance of surviving and growing into mature woodland.

🌱 Better natural regeneration

* Instead of constantly replanting, the woodland can begin to regenerate naturally.
* This creates a more resilient, self-sustaining woodland over time.

🦋 Improved biodiversity

* When deer pressure is reduced, wildflowers, shrubs and young trees recover.
* This provides food and shelter for birds, insects and other wildlife, improving the overall habitat.

💷 Financial support

* The grant helps cover the costs of planning, monitoring and carrying out deer management, making it more affordable for woodland owners.

📈 Long-term value

* A healthy woodland is generally more productive, more attractive and better able to withstand pests, diseases and climate pressures.