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8thMay 2025

Cumbrae Primary School go wild on the Isle of Cumbrae

08.05.25|Categories: Places|Tags: , |

Read about Cumbrae Primary School’s experience at the Field Studies Council Millport Centre on the Isle of Cumbrae. The children took part in a varied programme of hands-on outdoor education activities designed to combine nature connection, environmental education and development of personal skills.

3rdApril 2025

High-quality outdoor learning and fieldwork for all

03.04.25|Categories: Places|Tags: , , |

There’s no substitute for hands-on learning! This Field Studies Council article (24 March 2025) explores how government should look at the benefits of outdoor learning and that every child should experience it along with a fieldwork residential as part of their education.

6thMarch 2025

Residential experiences for young people

06.03.25|Categories: Places|Tags: , |

Field Studies Council offer residential experiences for young people. They welcome budding conservationists, marine biologists and geologists on this year's scheduled residentials which also count towards the gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.

30thJanuary 2025

Citizen Science Survey – Signs of Spring

30.01.25|Categories: Events|Tags: , , , |

Can you help collect data by recording your spring sightings? Take part in this Field Studies Council 'Signs of Spring' survey by sharing any spring wildlife that you see emerging. There are ten indicator species or events that can be submitted to the survey, including snowdrops, bluebells, daffodils and bumblebees. [...]

1stAugust 2024

The results are in from Signs of Spring

01.08.24|Categories: Research, Resources|Tags: , , , , |

The Field Studies Council have shared the results of their Citizen Science Signs of Spring 2024 survey, run with the Royal Society of Biology. All ages of people across the UK took part. The most spotted species was snowdrops, an iconic sign of spring’s arrival. Find out the full results and [...]