Over the last month loads of interesting stuff has been happening across the sites, spring is now on its way – nature is beginning to awaken. Everywhere bulbs are beginning to poke their heads above the earthy parapet. We saw our first frog spawn on the AN sites last week – and well over 30… Continue reading Feb – Update

Happy New year and welcome to 2018! The end of my traineeship is rapidly approaching, which is quite sad – it has gone by incredibly quickly! Last week we had our new Active Neighbourhoods trainee Hayley start, who will be with the team until the end of the project. Over the last week we have… Continue reading Forder Valley

The other day for our team away day we took a trip to Bellever in the middle of Dartmoor. As Tim and I are based in Plymouth we don’t often get to see our colleagues in the wider Devon Wildlife Trust, so this was a great opportunity to see our team and to hear about what… Continue reading A day with DWT

Since the last blog post a few things have changed, one of which is that I now have a chainsaw license. About a month ago, I started the training towards my chainsaw ticket. Having only used a chainsaw a couple of times in my life I was starting out from a very low experience level.… Continue reading AN Trainee Update: The Chainsaw

I just finished a two day course which covered brush cutting and hedge cutting. The course itself was really quite fun despite some of the worst weather we have had this year. Joe and I spent the two days learning how to take apart, look after and clean the machines. We learnt about some of… Continue reading Strimming and Hedgetrimmer Training

The other week I gave beekeeping a go.  In the urban heart of Plymouth, high up on the roof of a multistory building, a group of people in white suits gathered around a small box, from which small buzzing insects came and went. Beesuits are strange things, once inside the beesuit, you become a sort… Continue reading Getting the buzz