judithhartley

With only a week to go till Christmas, and just a few weeks to go as a Natural Communities trainee, it’s time for my last blog post, complete with reader challenge! I have spent the last 6 weeks at the RSPB’s Mersehead ...
Continue reading One goose, another goose

Hi all, So, where was I with my last blog? Ah yes, just arrived in Galloway and enjoying a few days of very nice weather. Well, after an eventful holiday in Skye, I returned to Galloway and the Cree Valley Community ...
Continue reading A strange mix

Not my real name, quite! I have now completed my third placement (River Annan District Salmon Fishery Board) and begun at my fourth (Cree Valley Community Woodland Trust). Still waiting for summer (IS it summer?) although ...
Continue reading Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley

Hello again, and welcome to another update from Dumfries & Galloway! For the past two months I’ve been involved with communities more directly. The events I helped organise centred around the Jubilee celebrations, ...
Continue reading Kites, castles and one large swan

It was just beginning to get light. It had taken an hour to get here, but now that we had arrived, we turned the car headlights off and approached slowly, winding the windows down as we went. We were listening out for a very ...
Continue reading Birds and Buckets