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With the passing of April, it was finally time for last year’s trainees to leave us and go off on new adventures! Wishing you all the best of luck on the next stage of your journeys, guys. Now it’s our turn to take the reigns, which is a bit scary – not gonna lie – […]
Continue reading Having a "snail" of a time...

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

I don’t mean to brag but I’ve had a really great month and thought I should tell you all about it.  I’ve barely been in the office and I’ve been off on a bit of a jolly most of the time. I haven’t been on holiday, I’ve just been lucky enough to be sent to […]
Continue reading Jolly Holly-days

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

Since my last blog post it’s starting to feel that spring has finally arrived! Hopefully this means that from now on there will be a few more moths flying. Over the last few weeks, while awaiting the warmer days, I’ve been continuing to look out for feeding signs and larva. A great way to search […]
Continue reading Little holes and hollows.

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

      I am the proud owner of a badge that says ‘Ruth – Volunteer Leader’. I wear this every Wednesday – when lectures don’t get in the way – and spend that day in the woods and grounds of TCV Skelton Grange. My Role It’s a fairly awesome day, to be honest. I […]
Continue reading Volunteering with TCV Skelton Grange...

This article was posted in the blog Skelton Grange Environment Centre

I spent last week on the Marine Biological Sampling course at FSC Millport. One of my objectives this year is to develop a specialism in polychaete identification and this trip was a great opportunity to collect some worms from a number of different habitats and sampling methods. For example, we found a sea mouse (Aphrodita […]
Continue reading Marine Worms in Millport

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

Hello, Another month gone already. With time and patience I’m slowly gaining confidence in my identification skills, just in time for Phoebe to leave me to fend for myself. Though I will be sending her occasional pleas for help as I encounter wonderful and new species that I can’t key out. I’ve learnt a lot […]
Continue reading March

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

  Hello everyone! I thought I’d let you know what I was up to in March. It was a bit of an odd month, this winter seems to be never ending here and we had yet more snow on Easter weekend BUT it was actually sunny yesterday and I saw a chiffchaff the other day […]
Continue reading Underground, overground, wombling free...

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

Hello again! I can hardly believe we’ve reached the end of March already. Spring is slowly (very slowly) creeping up on us here in Scotland and we’ve had a rare few beautiful, sunny days in between the relentless snow and cold. I even managed to spot my first butterflies and bees of the year on […]
Continue reading A Buzz in the Air - March Blog

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

A belated introduction from me, I am one of this year’s Natural Talent trainees. As the title might suggest I have a focus on Lichens (the ecological equivalent of Benny from ABBA. Vitally important but best known for being the one in the background with a “Bushy” beard) with the addition of Seaweeds (keeping with […]
Continue reading Don’t Do Lichens Kids!

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent

Well, here it is, the final month of this rollercoaster ride that has been my TCV Natural Talent traineeship! I will be ending the month with a heavy heart as this has been such a fantastic and eye-opening (hopefully door-opening) experience for me. I feel I’ve developed so much in just 12 short months, there […]
Continue reading The end of an era - One year at Buglife Scotland

This article was posted in the blog Natural Talent