A Denbighshire woodland is helping to boost biodiversity.

The Denbighshire County Council's Biodiversity Team is collecting seeds from rare or low-numbered plants and trees across the county.

These seeds are grown at the council's tree nursery in St Asaph, and then replanted to increase the local flora.

This initiative ensures a consistent supply of plants and trees, contributing to the county's biodiversity.

The team is carrying out seed collecting across the county (Image: Denbighshire County Council) Liam Blazey, senior biodiversity officer, said: "We are out mainly harvesting tree seed at locations across the county as it’s come to that time of year when trees are dropping seeds.

"We will take these seeds gathered here at Mount Wood to the tree nursery where they will get planted up.

"By the end of the process, these seeds collected and grown from Denbigh will be used at many conservation sites and projects across the county to help increase our tree canopy cover to support local nature and help reduce carbon emissions."

Denbigh's Mount Wood has provided blackthorn, known for their dark fruits used in sloe gin, and a vital food source for wildlife.

The team also collected crab apple seeds, which grow into trees that can last 100 years and are linked with love and marriage in mythology.

A healthy supply of red campion seeds was also found, allowing more of these wildflowers to be grown at the tree nursery.

Red campion seeds are among those collected (Image: Denbighshire County Council) Red campion flowers are important for various pollinating insects, including bees, butterflies, and hoverflies.

Councillor Barry Mellor, lead member for environment and transport, said: "It's great to see the woodlands and meadows we have in the county helping to provide needed growth of local trees and plants that we can return back to the lands to help boost biodiversity for Denbighshire.

"Using local provenance is providing us with an ever-stronger source of local seeds to grow and give back to the county to help our future nature flourish for all our communities."