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Volunteering with Chiltern Rangers at Funges Meadow. Lots of mini beasts enjoying the wildflowers.

Loving the Merlin bird id app. We stood in one spot for just 10 minutes at dusk and we heard 9 different bird species.

Volunteering with @bbowt.bsky.social to remove dogwood and elder from Chinnor Hill Nature Reserve.

@rsc.org #SchoolsAnalystCompetition in full swing @rgshwheadmaster.bsky.social . 9 teams, 27 students, 2 labs, around 450 pieces of equipment/glassware and chemicals and 1 technician. #techniciansmakesciencehappen

Petition: Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack We think the chalk stream recovery pack would increase investment, regulation and transparency; improving the state of all rivers. We feel Chalk streams’ rarity, cultural and ecological importance sho...

We’ve signed! 📋

DEFRA put together a plan to protect and restore our chalk streams, but it appears to have been shelved.

This public petition is calling on the Government to not abandon the chalk stream recovery pack.

Sign and share today! 👇

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A lovely sunny morning clearing dogwood at Chinnor Hill Nature Reserve with @bbowt.bsky.social

Today's working party task with @bbowt.bsky.social was clearing felled and fallen trees to open up the area for wild flowers and create a butterfly corridor. #homefieldwood

Ticking all the boxes for inset day CPD with Chiltern Rangers creating a space for a forest school - team building ✅, conservation work ✅, community outreach ✅ @rgshwheadmaster.bsky.social

Passed!

It's amazing how quickly you get warm when sawing up fallen trees! Sunday morning working party with @bbowt.bsky.social . Now you see it, now you don't!

Last "mid-week" volunteering session with Chiltern Rangers, raking, litter picking and dead hedging. Back to work on Monday 🙁.

New Year scrub cut with Chiltern Rangers CIC preparing habitat for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly at The Far Kingdom private nature reserve. The fire was very welcome on this sunny but cold morning

Microfinance from CARE International UK CARE International's microfinance lending initiative

£15 to help African ladies buy solar panels for their village or 2 hot chocolates? No brainer really.

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Last volunteering session of the year with @bbowt.bsky.social at Homefield Wood. Tidying up the overgrown hedge line and marking fly orchid shoots. Plus the obligatory tea and mince pie break 🥧

A morning in the sunshine volunteering with Chiltern Rangers. Cutting back, dead hedge laying and bat box assembling.

Investigating polymers at science club testing how much water fake snow can absorb, well it is Christmas 🎄. Turns out to be quite a lot!

What a lovely morning to be out in the woods chopping, chipping and path laying with Chiltern Rangers.

The joys of brand new shelving in the chem store 😃

Investigations in full swing at Science Club today.

YouTube video by UNISON Stars in our schools

🎉 🌟 Today is the day…UNISON’s #starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars celebration day.

Hear from Jon Richards @tiddymoke.bsky.social UNISON assistant general secretary, about the important role support staff play in the education sector.
youtu.be/m5zeMGIRVU4

CREST Award assessor training completed. Next step is to assess some sample Silver and Gold Award projects 😃 @rgshwheadmaster.bsky.social

Three weeks into Keep Britain Tidy's #NoNewNovember and my only purchases have been food and other essentials. Very satisfying to repair my gardening gloves with a remnant of faux leather I found in my sewing box 😁.