Over the last few weeks Rosie Foster (my fellow zooplanktonologist at SEPA) and I have been working furiously to try and finish analysing all the zooplankton samples from this year. It has been amazing to see the changes that ...
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At the start of this week I was in my office at the University of Stirling and received an alarming e-mail from Paul Gunn, who is a Natural Communities Apprentice, and one of the fellow apprentices I share my TCV office with ...
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And breathe! I wasn't sure who would come along for a woodland fungi walk on a recent chilly morning, but I was pleased to be joined by enthusiastic volunteers from the Wood for All project of Transition Stirling. The past ...
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Hi everybody, My name is Emma and I’m the new Riverflies Apprentice. I’m based in Northern Ireland working with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the Ballinderry Rivers Trust (BRT). My main focus is ...
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Hello! My name is Fiona and I started a TCV Natural Talent apprenticeship hosted by Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) in October. I am enjoying my placement so far and have met some interesting people who are ...
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