Hello hello what’s been happening in the last weeks since my last blog then?? Well quite a bit actually, weather on the whole has been pretty great and it’s been nice to be getting out amongst it. Things have been rather busy ...
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A Green and Pleasant Urban land
Although I have lived in Edinburgh for several years, and was a frequent visitor before that, I never really paid much attention to the green spaces that I passed. This traineeship has completely changed that, and has got me ...
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Becoming a toad & other Kentish happenings
My second month at Singleton has seen Spring descend with a spectacular display of amorous of frogs and newts. Staff and volunteers at the centre are very proud of their pond and rightly so- it serves as a breeding pond for ...
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16 sites and counting..
I owe this one to my walking boots. My (slightly unrealistic) idea in March was to understand the management of all green spaces across Haringey. Local reserves, parks, gardens, recreational grounds, allotments, woods and ...
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March was a busy month in Birmingham…
… full of planting and learning! I’m feeling settled in and really enjoying myself, I’m starting to take on responsibility and I feel like I’m really contributing to the Health for Life project.
The month kicked off with ...
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An update from Aberdeenshire
Well March has flown by and it’s been a busy month. Since my last blog I have been getting to know some of the established community groups in Ellon and Balmedie and finding out what they value most about the area and what ...
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My Journey…Part Deux
So since my last blog post I have learnt and seen a great amount from the local communities in North Ayrshire. I have met some inspiring people, and seen some inspiring locations. I have realised that there are people in the ...
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A perfect day for a spring clean-up
Crossing my fingers all week for a dry morning obviously paid off and we had sunshine and blue skies for our litter pick yesterday morning! The primary 5 class at St Mary's Primary, Coatbridge, had told me that there was a ...
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You have to think 4th dimensionally in Conservation!
Just thought I'd start with a nice shot of Lough Erne to grab your attention but now that I've got it lets get to the point. One of the difficulties of working in conservation is that you often have to imagine ...
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Ask not what wildlife can do for you
As the saying goes, time flies when you submerse yourself head first into a new job and company! I’ve been at the Cumbernauld Living Landscape for just under two months and it has already been a varied, challenging and ...
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