Toryglen's Marvellous Meadow is a CSV Action Earth funded project, co-ordinated by the TCV Natural Communities project and the charity Buglife, that aims to bring residents of Toryglen, Glasgow, together in a series of ...
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High Summer
Late summer has bought with it wonderful experiences and opportunities to broaden the work and experience I have developed this year. At the start of August I was fortunate enough to visit some of Buglife’s large scale ...
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Consultation – the art of listening
As a new resident in Scotland since January, this is my first Summer north of the border and, as far as I can tell, Julys in Scotland are stunningly hot and allow for lots of time to be outside. Bearing this in mind I have ...
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Managing your wildflowers for beautiful bugs
I have been very busy in June. The summer is very much in full swing and bug walks have been great fun to deliver in the warm weather. Below is a picture from a lovely walk done with the Glasgow Association for Mental Health ...
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Meadows are harder than I thought.
Buglife and TCV have provided me with numerous opportunities over the past 6 weeks, all of which have added greatly to my understanding of ecology, conservation and community engagement.
One of the main activities I ...
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