More than 3,000 trees have been planted to create a new woodland in Buckinghamshire this month.

Volunteers helped plant 400 of the new 3,000 trees in a special event at Billet Field Wood in Iver on Thursday, March 3.

Billet Field Wood is a new 1.72 hectare woodland next door to Black Park Country Park.

As well as the volunteers, members of staff from Buckinghamshire Council along with the chairman Zahir Mohammed, several cabinet members and community board members attended and took part in the planting.

Speaking at the event, Peter Strachan, the council's cabinet member for climate change and environment, said: “Planting new trees in large numbers across the county is a big part of our Climate Change and Air Quality Strategy to reach carbon net zero by 2050.

"We’re also starting to make inroads into our ‘Bucks Tree Mission’ – which will see us plant more than half a million new trees, one for every resident, within the next 10 years.

“Planting our first new wood at Billet Field is a major milestone showing our pledges in action, and it was fantastic to see and be part of the tree planting.

“We hope to open Billet Field Wood to the public shortly. Once it is open, I would encourage people to drop by and see the impressive results of our staff and volunteers' hard work.”