Volunteer Diary at Eycott Hill
I’m almost two months into my placement and I’m still introducing myself as the new long term volunteer at Eycott Hill, as well as still being bowled over by the views from the nature reserve.
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I’m almost two months into my placement and I’m still introducing myself as the new long term volunteer at Eycott Hill, as well as still being bowled over by the views from the nature reserve.
An update on the chicks, Blue 35 enjoys the Spanish Sun, and I publish the most interesting of my Foulshaw Photos.
Unbelievably, we are fast approaching one year of being conservation apprentices here at Cumbria Wildlife Trust! We’re definitely not the newbies anymore; Isaac and I are now both deep into our…
On the 8th August Nigel Voaden introduced us to moth identification, and how we could begin to tell kittens from pugs, and tigers from hawks!
After a superb day teaching us how to identify grasses John O’Reilly of Ptyxis Ecology returned to test our brains with his knowledge of sedges.
From butterfly surveys to wildflower identification, Cumbria Wildlife Trust is fortunate to have so many volunteers involved in species recording. Debs Muscat from Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre…
In the weeks since my last post, there has been a burst of activity regarding our resident osprey chicks, from ringing them to fledging in a matter of weeks. Some of these events took place during…
July has come round and that means the meadows at Eycott Hill are looking fantastic and it’s time to see how they’re getting on.
On the 6th July a group went on to Eycott Hill Nature Reserve following the very knowledgeable John O’Reilly of Ptyxis Ecology in search of grasses to identify.