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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

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

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

I am now a wildlife tracking ninja..

August 8, 2016 by jessowen

July was truly epic! The month kicked off with a two-day LANTRA Brushcutters and Trimmers course, which has given me a qualification that I can use to manage habitats like meadows. I must admit I was a bit scared at first. ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amanda Malcolm, Brushcutter, citizen science, field studies council, footprints, FSC, hedgehog, Jess Owen, kindrogan, LANTRA, Paul Barclay, Skelton Grange Environment Centre, TCV, TCV Scotland, Wildlife, Wildlife Tracking

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 Rewilding

June 29, 2016 by emmastraughan

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BBCT, Bees, biodiversity, buglife, bumblebees, citizen science, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, education, emma straughan, engagement, environment, First Aid, funding, gcvgnp, Glasgow, Green Gym, Green Spaces, Inverclyde, Linkes, Natural Networks, rewild, SNH, TCV, trainee, volunteering, Wildlife, 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 ...
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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

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

VAT’s The Way I Like It

May 6, 2016 by emmastraughan

As well as awash with showers, April's been filled with events, training opportunities and rewilding. Initially though the month started with a community consultation led by Urban Roots on ideas for the Broomloan Road ...
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: butterfly conservation trust, clydebank, communities, Community, conservation, csgn, emma straughan, employee action day, engagement, environment, Forestry Commission, friends of glasgow local nature reserves, gcvgnp, Green Spaces, Greenferry Trust, Inverclyde, John Muir Award, Natural Networks, paths for all, rehis, rewild, Seven Lochs, swarm, TCV, urban butterfly project, VAT Pack, VAT Run, volunteering, Wildlife, yoker

Bedazzling Bug Walks!

April 14, 2016 by davidwalsh

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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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bedazzling, bug walks, bumblebees, butterfly, calderbank, communities, conservation, cumbernauld community park, cychrus caraboides, David Walsh, engagement, glasgrow, lions teeth, maryhill community hub, minibeast, Natural Networks, newt, possilpark, stewarton park, TCV, Wildlife

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