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A TREEmendous few months!

January 6, 2017 by jessowen

September and October Citizen Science at Gartnavel Hospital The last few months have flown by, so much so that I haven’t blogged since September, and I bloomin love a good blog! I’ve been super busy delivering Citizen ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bird boxes, Carpentry, clare street, deadwood, Forestry Commission, habitats, Inner Forth Landscape Initiative, Jess Owen, Lizzy Nazer, Matt Mordaunt, Natural Networks, Natural Talent, nature, TCV, TCV Railway Fields, The Conservation Volunteers, Wildlife, wood work

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

A flower themed June

August 4, 2016 by jessowen

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: biodiversity, British Dragonfly Society, butterfly conservation scotland, citizen science, DAMH, field studies council, FSC, gardening scotland, greater butterfly orchid, Jess Owen, kindrogan, Loch of Lowes, lucy graham, martin robinson, nature, osprey, otter, Stephen Porch, SWT, TCV, The Wildflower Society, wildflowers, Wildlife, yellow rattle

Getting to the Art of the Matter with Nature Play

August 4, 2016 by emmastraughan

July has been a month that has started and ended with lots of Nature Play sessions sprinkled with the odd Green Gym, meeting, community engagement event and some budding bidding. Joining Forces At the start of the month ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bugs, Carolyn Mcfarlane, Climate Conversations, communities, conservation, csgn, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, Environmental art, Forestry Commission, gcvgnp, Glasgow City Council, Green Gym, Green Spaces, HLF, Jenny Holmes, Linkes, Mindwaves, Natural Networks, Natural Talent, nature, Nature Play, OPAL, Open University, Paul Barclay, Pollinators, rewild, Scottish Government, Seven Lochs, Stephen Porch, TCV, trainee, Vacant and Derelict Land, Wild in the City, Woodland Community Garden, WSREC, yoker

May’s been pretty aMAYzing

June 6, 2016 by jessowen

Ok so my puns haven’t been all that amazing recently, but my adventures with TCV certainly have! I mentioned in the last blog that I was preparing to run my first ever event. As part of Falkirk Nature Festival I was asked to ...
Continue reading May’s been pretty aMAYzing

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: air quality, Amanda Malcolm, badgers, bio-recording, British Dragonfly Society, BTO, bugs, Chris Peach, citizen science, Corporate Volunteering, Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery, Glasgow, Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre, Hugel beds, Hyndland Secondary School, Jenny Holmes, Jess Owen, John Muir Trust, lichen, Lionthorn Community Woodland Association, lucy graham, Mammal tracking, minibeasts, nature, OPAL, Paul Barclay, RBS, Rosie Walker, Scotlands Big Nature Festival, Stephen Porch, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, The Lost Gardens of Penicuik, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Trees, volunteers, Wildlife

All work and no play – not a chance

May 26, 2016 by emmastraughan

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bees, biodiversity, bumblebees, butterfly, citizen science, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, delyth hurley, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, gcvgnp, giovanna bisoni, Green Gym, Green Spaces, Jess Owen, John Muir Award, lichen, lucy graham, mid week group, Natural Networks, nature, OPAL, pollinator survey, rewild, TCV, trainee, urban butterfly project, urban roots, volunteering

My weirdly spiritual encounter with a wall, and a caddis fly

May 6, 2016 by jessowen

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: biodiversity, caddis fly, citizen science, conservation, Drystone Walling, enivronmental education, Falkirk Nature-Fest, nature, OPAL, TCV, training, Trees, volunteering, Wildlife, woodland

My first month as a Natural Networks trainee!

March 22, 2016 by jessowen

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amy Styles, Anna Hamilton, biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, Drumpellier Park, education, engagement, environment, Flanders Moss, Forestry Commission, Green Gym, Hen harrier, Jess Owen, ladybird, lichen, Natural Networks, nature, newts, OPAL, Scottish Autism, Seven Lochs, TCV, Tree Planting, Trees, volunteer, volunteering, Wildlife, woodlands

Some Final Words from out West

October 7, 2015 by simongray

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BCNI, communities, conservation, Crom, education, engagement, environment, Fermanagh, moth night, national trust, Natural Networks, nature, Northern Ireland, Wildlife

Jack of All Trades! The Life of a Conservation Mercenary!

August 10, 2015 by simongray

This job is rarely the same every week, or everyday for that matter! One day I might be telling a community group that people used to reccomend chewing bramble leaves as a cure for tooth ache (don't try that) and the next ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BCNI, butterfly, communities, conservation, enniskillen, environment, Fermanagh, Natural Networks, nature, NI, Northern Ireland, TCVNI, Ulster Wildlife, Wildlife

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