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We shared our identification skills with Primary 2. We went to Christie Park and taught them to carefully catch, identify and safely return insects. Our best spot was a White Ermine moth!

We joined Mary-Anne Cameron for the day at Balloch Castle Country Park. In the sweltering heat we carried out Opal surveys and identified lots of different insects, including a really high number of shield bugs. We then explored the park and had a chance to do some birdwatching.

Fantastic 2 1/2 days with the Skern Training and Skills Outdoor team exploring the wonderful Lake District National Park, via canoes, kayaks and Stand up paddle boards, looking at how we can actively implement the John Muir award into our programs and how accessible it is to all our apprentices, Looking to conserve and protect the local environment we collected litter form shore lines to campsite, looking to minimise our impact on the natural habitats as well as learn about the vast valley which we were traveling through. All in all a fantastic experience exploring new places and great conversations had.

On Thursday the 1st of June we went to Christie Park with Andy Devine from West Dunbartonshire Community Greenspace. We made a shelter for creatures that live in the woods. Our hibernaculum will be a home for toads, insects, wood lice and even rodents! We had a fun day and enjoyed trying the different tools, we used a mallet, loppers, shovels and small hand saws. We liked being able to cut the bamboo and going up into the woods to find materials.