I spent a good chunk of time at the beginning of the month, working through samples from Pentwyn, separating specimens into different piles of ‘hoppers’, ‘Heteroptera’ and ‘everything else’. The bags in the freezer are slowly ...
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September Snail Travels and Buglife Scotland’s 10th Anniversary
Where is the time going?! The theme of this month is TRIPS. There were lots for the last half of September and into October; some across the sea, some across borders and many around local places in Scotland. A huge high point ...
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BRISC marine recording conference at FSC Millport
Biological Recording in Scotland (BRISC) offered me the opportunity to talk about my project during their annual conference! One more chance to test my skills talking in front of experts.
First time in Largs and ...
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Where did September go?
Although schools were open again and events quietened down, September still seemed to be a busy month and flew past!
Trainee catch ups
The first week has to be one of the best of my traineeship so far. It started off ...
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Summer Moth Madness
Wow! What an amazing last couple of months. I’ve been keep very busy with a mixture of brilliant bog surveying, terrific training courses and assisting or running some fun events working with the public.
July
July seems ...
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