March has been a hive of activity, almost literally, thanks, in part, to a training course on Bumblebees, chances to job shadow, a number of forums, site visits and case studies and joining forces to green up Glasgow and the ...
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Bedazzling Bug Walks!
Hello again! It has been a really hectic month in my traineeship. I broke free of the office and made it out into the field to go on some magical bug walks with young inquisitive minds. Apologies if this blog does sound ...
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(Re)Wild at Heart
So my name is Emma Straughan and if my surname wasn't enough of a mouthful wait until you read my job title. I am the Urban Rewilding Community Officer based with Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership, working ...
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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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NEW NATURAL NETWORKS NATTER!
Hello! It has been an amazing month! My name is David I have just started as a natural network trainee with TCV and the fun has just not stopped throughout the month. I work in conjunction with a conservation charity ...
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Some Final Words from out West
Being simultaneously sad but incredibly happy at the same time is an odd feeling but that's whats currently going on in my head now that I've been offered a permanent job! I'm sad to be leaving my traineeship early and ...
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Creating Magnificence, Meadows for Everyone!!
I'll grant you every habitat has something special about it, an aspect of itself that causes you to stop and become exceedingly aware of your existence. I'm talking about the misty morning in a wooded valley when the dawn ...
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“What happens if you stick your finger into the Faerie world for 1 second???”
If you are going to tell a group of school kids about how a lone Hawthorn tree signifies an entrance into the faerie world where time stands still then do it at the end of an event, not the beginning! Otherwise that question ...
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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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