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Hi everyone KiW Trainee Max here! Yesterday, KiW Trainee Lauren and I got to visit Camley Street Natural Park! It's a nature reserve hidden behind Kings Cross station and honestly feels like a hidden piece of paradise. It has so many habitats - wetlands, ponds, rivers, meadows, forest - it was gorgeous. We even got to see coral fungus which was really exciting.

Keeping it Wild Trainee Max - Hi everyone! Earlier this week, all of us trainees went to Walthamstow Wetlands. Lauren and I started the day with Alison and we had a little lesson on rosehip foraging. It was incredible! We were so surprised to learn that rosehips have a higher vitamin C content than oranges. They were also delicious of course!

Keeping it Wild trainee Max here - all of us trainees visited Kidbrooke Village to see the awesome sites and surrounding area. After lunch, we went to Birdbrook Nature Reserve to carry out conservation work. When we got to Birdbrook, we had a short guided walk and were told about the species that lived there. At the end of the walk, we found some refuge and Fay told us that perhaps we could see a slowworm if we were lucky. Fortunately, we saw a slowworm! We also saw an invasive species - an alpine newt. When carrying out the conservation work, a common lizard appeared much to our surprise. We also saw a wall lizard and great spotted woodpecker. It was an excellent day and we were very lucky to see such a range of species in central London!

Hello everyone, Keeping it Wild trainee Max here. Last Thursday all of us trainees went to Old Lodge Farm to learn more about conservation grazing and how it benefits habitats, especially chalk grasslands! We met with Sean from the Downlands Partnership and we were trained on how to give sheep an MOT to ensure the sheep's health was in good form. It was an awesome experience to get hands on with the sheep!

Members of the community begin to use the #LetsGetPollinating hashtag and share their photographs of pollinating insects in the local area

One of the Young Farmers created this diagram of a butterfly lifecycle and a bold stylised painting of a butterfly for their #LetsGetPollinating campaign

The Young Farmers continue their online campaign #LetsGetPollinating by researching bees and their relationship with flowering plants and photographing bumblebees they see in their local areas.