The chainsaw revved and roared, shattering the peace of a Caledonian forest, as it laboriously sheared its way into the top of a felled Scot’s Pine stump spewing out a flurry of sawdust. Suddenly, a pyramidal wedge of timber ...
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Fungi hits the news!
Fungi hit the news last week as a report on Radio 4 confirmed mycologists are becoming a rarity in the UK. It is fantastic in Scotland that BTCV and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have already responded to this challenge ...
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Farmland Conservation Apprenticeship
Hi everyone.
I thought it was about time I posted a blog to let you know what my apprenticeship involves. I am the new farmland conservation apprentice working with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) based at ...
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BTCV Natural Talent Hoverfly Apprenticeship
Hoverflies are an attractive group of day-flying insects famed for their colourful forms and precision at hovering, which gives them their name. The Americans call them flower flies, referring to their habit of visiting ...
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Say Hi to our new apprentices!!
The new Natural Talent apprentices got a taste of real work when they ventured out with Charlie and the boys who were building a path in Alloa.
From left Mary-jane Fleming ( Farmland Conservation),
Geoff Wilkinson (watching ...
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