Two great opportunities for education professionals! Sign up for corporate volunteering days in a special place for nature outdoors
Check out these great opportunities to volunteer to help nature, engage in positive networking outdoors and have fun! Scottish Government agency staff (other educators by arrangement) are welcome to sign up. Thursday 26th September: Volunteering at Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve for Education colleagues Tuesday 5th November: Volunteering at [...]
Fancy a trip to a peatland?
Scotland’s Nature blog post (19 July 2024) We’re all Going on a Peatlands Holiday describes how there is plenty to enjoy on a visit to a bog. It shares sites across Scotland so somewhere there is a bog nature reserve near you! These are also fantastic places for learning and education to [...]
Steps to a career in wildlife management
Checkout this blogpost by Scotland’s Nature Ponies, coastlines and rugged mountains – a pathway into deer management on Rum (12 April 2023). Here, Beth Lamont describes her unconventional route into the sector and her experiences as a NatureScot Wildlife Management Practical Placement on Rum National Nature Reserve (NNR).
Unlocking National Nature Reserves with the John Muir Award
The John Muir Trust has shared (September 2022) how the John Muir Award helps people benefit from and take care of our National Nature Reserves (NNR). These examples focus on NNR experiences within Scotland’s National Parks. This includes the Junior Ranger Programme in the Cairngorms National Park and Loch Lomond [...]
Exploring the UK’s wetlands – BBC Bitesize
Wetlands include marshes, swamps and bogs. Learn about wetlands in the UK with this BBC Bitesize guide to Primary Geography. Examples include Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Scotland.
Danny’s story – new seasonal ranger at Muir of Dinnet NNR
Check out Danny’s blog post A familiar Place. He shares how an early fascination with nature has developed into a career as a ranger. Danny shares his knowledge and some wonderful images of the amazing wildlife to be found at Muir of Dinnet NNR.
How to get national nature reserve on the road to net-zero
Tentsmuir NNR Student Placement, Andrew Black, tells us about what’s happening at the reserve to reach this goal. Read his story in this Scotland’s Nature blog post (15th September 2021).
Jim gets a job for a day in Environmental Conservation
Check out what Jim learns at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, plus watch other videos in this series.
