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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biodiversity
Into the woods and, hopefully, back out again!
Hello, I'm Carolyn McFarlane and I'm one of two Natural Networks trainees (the other being Jenny Holmes) placed with East Ayrshire Outdoor Education. As this is my first blog since joining Natural Networks in January it could ...
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Into the woods
Hello there
Thanks once again for coming to read my blog. Apologies in advice as it's going to be even longer this time, but worth it to read about A Birkenhead girl's misadventures in Kilmarnock, no?
New Scottish ...
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A flower themed June
Hello! Jess here, reporting on my June activities with TCV. Apologies for the lateness!
I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Kindrogan, the Field Studies Councils centre in Perthshire near Pitlochry, to participate in a ...
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Getting to the Art of the Matter with Rewilding
So since May I've been involved in a fever of forums, funding and festivals, all flipping fantastic.
Rewilding in Inverclyde and Yoker
TCV's Green Gym at Coves Local Nature Reserve has begun as part of the Community ...
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All work and no play – not a chance
Holidaying around Hawick
So to avoid being in Tim's bad books I took a weeks holiday in May and as luck would have it one of the best weather wise. Even on holiday though, a Natural Network Trainee is always on the look ...
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My weirdly spiritual encounter with a wall, and a caddis fly
A few weeks ago, I would never have thought that I would ever be excited about walls, or proud of a wall for that matter! But this month I signed up to one of TCV’s courses in Drystone Walling, or dry stone dyking as it’s ...
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My first month as a Natural Networks trainee!
HELLO! I am Jess Owen and I have just become the Citizen Science in Woodlands Natural Networks trainee with TCV and Forestry Commission Scotland. That is quite a mouthful of a job title! Put more simply, my role is to help ...
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