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There’s Snow Business Like Show(case) Business

December 22, 2016 by emmastraughan

The last few months have been pretty hectic fitting in lots of community engagement activity and training around writing up my traineeship and exhibiting my highlights at the Natural Networks and Natural Talent Showcase in ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Carolyn Mcfarlane, clydebank, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, emma straughan, engagement, environment, FEVA, gcvgnp, Inverclyde, Jenny Holmes, Living Streets, Natural Networks, Natural Talent, rewild, Stephen Porch, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, volunteering, yoker

Mind Walk

November 9, 2016 by davidwalsh

The days are closing in. The weather is getting colder. Shop managers are itching to get those Christmas decorations up. Invertebrates? They are not gone just yet but I have started to see a reduction in numbers as many die ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Auchinlea park, Big Green Weekend, blaeberry bumblebee, Glen boig, Halloween, himalayan balsam, Invasive species, Knotweed, ladybird, lesson plans, mind walk, project, Rhodedendron, St Narys Primary School, stewarton park, TCV, traineeship, wild things

Lego! Oh and some productive work type things too.

November 3, 2016 by paulbarclay

I’ve been threatening to sit down and write a blog for the past month I think, it pops up in my diary as a “to do” every  Monday morning – and every Monday morning I think to myself, I must get that started this ...
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Thursday the 13th – Lucky for some?

October 31, 2016 by emmastraughan

So despite having some time off to enjoy Scotland's Autumnal displays, October has been host to some pivotal events. Thursday the 13th in fact, was host to both the HLF bid deadline and our Natural Networks ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Carolyn Mcfarlane, clare street, communities, csgn, david fleming, david montgomery, David Walsh, emma straughan, engagement, gcvgnp, Green Spaces, HLF, Jenny Holmes, Jess Owen, lucy graham, Natural Networks, Natural Talent, nhs, Paul Barclay, rewild, SDA's, Skills share, Stephen Porch, TCV, wildflower seed collection

Highlights – Greenery & People!

October 18, 2016 by lucygraham

One of the best parts of the natural networks traineeship has been meeting so many open, funny and warm people in the older communities of West Lothian (even if they were a little - understandably - hesitant at first with my ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 5 ways well, conservation, green, Green Gym, Green Spaces, health, later, later life, life, lothian, mood, natural, Natural Networks, networks, older, people, TCV, trainee, west, west lothian

Opening Doors To Success

October 5, 2016 by emmastraughan

So September has been awash with training courses, events, meetings, visits, HLF bid writing and of course the odd downpour but that won't dampen a Natural Network's trainee's spirits. Timely Training The month began ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: biodiversity, butterfly, butterfly conservation scotland, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, Doors Open Day, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, FEVA, gcvgnp, Green Spaces, IFLI, Natural Networks, nature, rewild, rspb, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, trainee

Having a WHALE of a time with TCV

September 16, 2016 by jessowen

Hello again! Thanks for coming back to my blog! It was a rather exciting coastal themed August for me. What is wonderful about working for TCV, is that every now and then, you receive an email containing an absurd ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BDMLR, conservation, dolphins, Great British Beach Clean, grey seal, Jess Owen, Marine Mammal Medic, Puffin, SOS Puffin, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, The Scottish Seabird Centre, whales, Wildlife

Summer Summary (and a Salutation)

September 6, 2016 by giovannabisoni

With the temperatures finally dropping and the getting shorter despite all my pleas, it is time for me to look back at the last few months of my traineeship. Things have been interesting as ever, and I have been traveling ...
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Lovely Green Spaces

September 5, 2016 by davidwalsh

As part of this traineeship I have travelled far and wide to many green spaces in Scotlands central belt. These places are weird and wonderful while often taken for granted. In the course of writing this blog I have ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barons Haugh, bioblitz, calderbank, David Walsh, four spotted chaser, hedgehog, Natural Networks, Natural Talent, north kelvin meadow, Pollock park, scottish deer centre, six spotted burnet moth, slammanan raised bog, small tortoiseshell buttefly, Taiga Bean Geese, TCV, TCV Scotland, thick headed fly, woodhall, WSREC

A is for some August Alliteration

August 30, 2016 by emmastraughan

After a weeks holiday on the north west coast of Scotland (and with only clouds of midges in the air - yes amazingly it was sunny!) it's time for an update on August's activities. From Big Play Days to updates on SDA's, it's ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: butterfly, Carolyn Mcfarlane, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, David Walsh, East Ayrshire Big Play Event, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, faifley, gcvgnp, Glasgow City Council, green woodworking, healthy sustainable neighbourhoods, Jenny Holmes, Jupiter, lucy graham, Natural Networks, Nature Play, place standards, rewild, TCV, trainee, urban butterfly project, wildflowers, Wildlife

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