This time yesterday I was in probably the greatest zoological establishment on the planet. My placement organisation, the Clyde River Foundation, decided on an educational alternative to the staff Christmas party this year, ...
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Fermanagh Wetlands
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This is my first blog coming all the way from Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. I have only recently started my wetland reserve apprenticeship but what a fantastic 3 weeks I've had already. This is my press ...
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Colouring in, more bogs and a few woodlands too. The life of a farmland conservation apprentice certainly is varied!
As usual, the last 2 months of my apprenticeship have been mega busy (apart from my week off in Egypt that is!) and I find myself having to look in my diary to remind myself what I have been doing! October was perhaps my ...
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Row Your Boat
I had hoped to be able to unveil our top secret prospect by now but it seems to have hit a stumbling block. Not to worry there is still plenty of time left.
Anyway things have started getting into a much more regular ...
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Visits to the Machair
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So it's been another fun few weeks out here. We moved all of our stacks and have begun planning for the experiment I will be carrying out this winter.
More importantly I have met a lot of the crofters we deal with ...
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