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Do your plant ID skills need tuning? Are you new to butterfly monitoring? Check out our training opportunities this summer.
Volunteering Opportunities
Browse our current volunteering opportunities and help wildlife in your local area. There are volunteering opportunities across the UK, from supporting events, to community gardening and species surveying.
Lichen, bog moss, and lots of training!
Last week was a busy training week for me. First up was a lichen course with some of my colleagues at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, led by the very knowledgeable Allan Pentecost, an emeritus professor…
Education and Volunteering Team volunteers Jan and Judith
Volunteers, Jan McArthur and Judith Wallen support Jamie Normington, the Trust's Education and Volunteering Officer. If you make a volunteer enquiry or register as a new volunteer, chances…
Walk Leader Training
Last month I did a two week Lowland leader training course, and now I’m working towards the assessment in the hope of being able to lead guided walks around Eycott Hill Nature Reserve.
Rockpool Roadies Training Day
Do you have what it takes to be a ‘Rockpool Roadie’ and take rockpool creatures to visit people who can’t access the beach?
Talks, training and Christmas party
The highlights from a busy couple of weeks in the run up to Christmas.
Dry stone wall and fencing training
This month we have had courses in dry stone walling, post and wire fencing and top wire fencing, meaning that our volunteers who came on the courses will now be on call ready to repair the walls…
Field pansy
With its familiar features, the Field pansy is a delicate version of a garden favourite. Usually creamy-yellow in colour, it can be seen in fields and on roadside verges and waste ground.
Field elm
Field elm suffered declines due to the devastating effects of Dutch elm disease, but can still be found across much of the UK.
Field vole
With a population of 75 million, the field vole is one of the UK's most common mammals. Hidden among the vegetation of grassland, heathland and moorland, it is not as easily spotted as the…