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Monday 29th November 2021 Today we start work on the next assignment - gathering UKhab ukhab – UK Habitat Classification data in the...

Monday 22nd November 2021 Today was so lovely that I walked over to university - what a wonderful place to study - I don't think there is...

Tuesday 9th November 2021 Today we were in the lab extracting DNA from fish! We were all very excited - probably one of the most popular...

Thursday 4th November 2021 We have an assignment which is to manage the year 1s to do a conservation task for a day. Max and I had chosen...

Wednesday 3rd November 2021 Believe it or not this is a charm of goldfinches that I saw on a walk today. (very difficult to photograph...

Tuesday 2nd November 2021 Today I had my second interview for the role at the Cotswolds AONB. I had done a lot of research for the first...

Monday 1st November 2021 We took the minibus over to Woodchester Park near Nailsworth today. The grounds belong to the National Trust and...

Thursday 28th October 2021 Doing my online work ready for lectures next week. We are in the lab extracting DNA on Tuesday - then the week...

Tuesday 26th October 2021 What a great course I am on - a day trip to Kew counts as learning! 14 of us took the coach to Kew and then...

Monday 25th October 2021 A few pictures of progress. We bought the hare in Hay on Wye while we were on holiday there - I think it looks...

Friday 22nd October 2021 Today we took the minibus on a drive around the Cotswolds as part of our assignment. We have to put together a...

Monday 18th October 2021 Finally started to put words to my assignment. Its actually really interesting. A question of taxonomy - what is...

Tuesday 12th October 2021 After a few weeks at last the plate has turned up and I am so happy! Yarm council looked in their cupboards and...

Friday 8th October 2021 One of our assignments this year is to manage a group of year 1 students in doing a conservation task. So today...

Wednesday 29th September 2021 Back for a swim at 8am today - how beautiful is that? I was not alone - 8am is obviously a popular time. It...

Tuesday 28th September 2021 The first assignment I need to hand in is about my work placement. A diary and a reflective essay. So I am...

Thursday 23rd September 2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset - The RSPB (with Glastonbury Tor in the...

Wednesday 22nd September 2021 A two day field trip - we missed out on it last year because of Covid so we are joining the Year 1's for...

Thursday 16th September 2021 I walked over to the RAU today - mostly through Cirencester Park - lovely walk - I followed a 'volery' of...

Thursday July 1st 2021 A year ago I left full time employment knowing that I didn't want to continue what I was doing but not sure what...