It was a day of four seasons outside the protective walls of the garden and only started to precipitate while we were packing up, phew. But, just in case, we were prepared all the same and rigged up a shelter using our newly ...
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St Joachim’s Primary School Come Rain or Shine
St Joachim's is a small primary school in the Carmyle area in south-east Glasgow with a lovely wooded area planted with young deciduous trees. The Glasgow Conservation Volunteer Group were on site for 4 days to help transform ...
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How to Engage Volunteers in Citizen Science
As part of the Scotland Counts projects we have recently completed some research on the best ways to engage volunteers in Citizen Science.
We hope the report will be useful to anyone setting up, running or managing ...
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Path survey and path maintenance at Ben Vorlich
It started with a drive from Stirling to Ardvorlich. Once there, we wasted no time getting kitted up in our water proofs and walking boots. With our rucksacks on our backs and carrying our shovels we headed up the farm track ...
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Citizen Science – what to look out for this April
A really simple way to be get involved in Citizen Science is just to keep your eyes open and record wildlife that you see whilst you are out and about. (Remember Biological Recording Scotland - BRISC, has top tips on how to ...
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