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Summer Solstice 2021
I was both saddened and amused to read the headline "Solstice 2021 at Stonehenge cancelled" when I googled to look for information about...
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Jun 17, 20212 min read


Birds, books and blooms
On Monday night I had signed up for an event with the Urban Birder, David Lindo. I'm not a birder, in fact, if truth be told, I'm...
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Jun 11, 20213 min read


Cheering for volunteering
I'm writing this in the middle of Volunteers' Week 2021. In normal times this would be a week of high activity, getting out and about,...
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Jun 3, 20212 min read


Super natural
Just a quick post from me today. I've been talking with my colleagues about the training and support that we can offer to individuals...
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May 27, 20212 min read


Talking about walking
Due to the excitement of Green Health Week and all we had going on, something that I've not really mentioned is that May is National...
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May 20, 20213 min read


Elves in action
As I write this we are coming to the end of Green Health Week, and what a week it has been. The green elves have been really busy,...
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May 14, 20212 min read


Green health & mental health
As I write this, I'm looking forward to an exciting week. Green Health Week starts on Saturday 8th May followed by Mental Health...
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May 7, 20213 min read


Beltane
Spring has been building for a while now, the blossom is out, there are colours and flowers everywhere. The trees in this picture were...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read


Waterg-awe
Yesterday I had to drive across Glasgow city centre. I've barely used my car in the last year and I almost never drive in the city...
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Apr 22, 20213 min read


Writing things down to remember them
I sat down to write a post about walking, but actually it's about more than walking. In fact I expect it's about all the things that I...
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Apr 16, 20212 min read


Our Winter Project
Firstly, thanks for following along, reading this blog, coming along to our events - and hopefully being encouraged to get outside. There...
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Apr 8, 20213 min read


Find a Rainbow Day
This weekend includes my favourite day of the year - well, one of them anyway! A few years ago I discovered that 3rd April is Find A...
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Apr 1, 20213 min read


Wildlife tracking for beginners
This week's nature connection session was lead by Scottish Badgers and the Scottish Wildlife Trust and was titled "Wildlife Tracks,...
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Mar 25, 20213 min read


Forest bathing in Spring
I know that we've been encouraging you to celebrate the coming of Spring, several times over the last couple of months, but this weekend...
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Mar 19, 20213 min read


Nature Photography
This week we had a session about nature photography and I was excited to learn a lot of new techniques to experiment with on my mobile...
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Mar 11, 20212 min read


Art and nature
As you know by now, over the last 12 months I have been experimenting with a lot of different ways to encourage people to connect with...
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Mar 4, 20212 min read


Reading about nature
This week I was lucky enough to take part in Healthy n Happy's zoom bookclub. We were really grateful to them for taking on our...
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Feb 25, 20213 min read


Nature Connection
I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before, but I am not really the outdoor type. I know a sparrow from a robin and an oak from a...
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Feb 19, 20213 min read


Watch the birdie
Taking photos has been one of the things that I have come back to time and time again during this whole period of lockdown. For a while...
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Feb 11, 20213 min read


Star Count
Tomorrow, Saturday 6th February marks the start of the CPRE's annual Star Count, where they ask individuals to help measure light...
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Feb 5, 20212 min read
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