by Community Engagement Officer | May 21, 2018 | Current Opportunities, VTC News
This exciting volunteer post will give you vital experience at one of the UK’s best nature reserves. Based at Rutland Water Nature Reserve’s new purpose-built Volunteer Training Centre you will have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of the nature reserve;...
by Community Engagement Officer | May 8, 2018 | VTC News
A blog by Reserves Office Paul Trevor If you’ve visited Hambleton Wood recently, you might have noticed some changes. Over the course of this winter we have set about a programme of tree planting within Hambleton wood. We have planted up an area that was...
by Community Engagement Officer | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorised, VTC News
Many of our Wild Horizons members are looking for jobs in the conservation sector, an area which is now quite competitive – understandably, working on a nature reserve is a popular career choice! It can often be tricky to even get an interview –...
by Community Engagement Officer | Mar 6, 2018 | VTC News
A blog by Trainee Reserve Officer, Claire Evans So what have we been doing since we started? That is a very good question. Autumn was a steep learning curve as we started our adventure into the world of habitat management. After a tour of the reserve and the wider...
by Community Engagement Officer | Mar 6, 2018 | VTC News
Winter! My favourite season. I look forward to those frosty starts with the whistling of the Redwing, the chattering of the Fieldfare and the winter wildfowl sounds. I also enjoy how you can sleep in and yet still get out for dawn to go bird watching… Anyway,...
by Community Engagement Officer | Feb 21, 2018 | VTC News
Wild Skills is our practical volunteering group for 13-18 year olds – we meet once a month and carry out work around the nature reserve. For the past 2 months we have doing something a little different; building a bird watching screen on the Hambleton Peninsula....
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