The Science of Noticing: Butterfly Surveys and Wellbeing
Telling our Story Volunteer Simon also volunteers as a Butterfly Surveyor. In his 1st blog of two - Simon explores how his passion for butterflies started and how it has contributed to his…
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Coppicing with care: working together for wilder woods
For her latest Telling our Story blog, Sara visited Grass Wood where she joined Nature Reserves Manager (North West) Graham Standring and the volunteers who were coppicing hazel and removing beech…
Wild work and warm smiles - a day with the Harrogate Supporter Group volunteers
It takes more than wildlife to make a wild place flourish, it takes people who care enough to lend a hand as Sara Spillett, one of our Telling a Story volunteers, found out when she met our…
The view from here - my life changing experience as a voluntary placement
Sara, one of our Telling Our Story volunteers, spoke to Dave Shipman who at 41, swapped his 9 – 5 for a year in wellies, wildlife, and wild weather on a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust voluntary…
Learning to lay living hedges
Faced with a wall of tangled and straggly growth at Cali Heath Nature Reserve, a group of volunteers gathered to learn how to sort the wood from the trees. On a clear Autumn day they would sculpt…
Behind the Binoculars - Breeding Bird Surveyor Team
Sara, one of our Telling our Story volunteers, met Bethany Clarkson and Amelia Lewis from our Data and Evidence Team in the Nature Recovery Directorate to find out why the Breeding Bird Survey (…
Aviva get Wild at Work
For his latest Telling Our Story blog, Simon visited Askham Bog where he joined a group from Aviva for a 'Wild at Work Day' practical conservation session.