Re: What volunteering do you do?

Alan Murray

Hi Daniel

Are you still waiting for a reply from Fowlmere?  If so please let me know and I will look into this for you.

Thanks for your intersest.

 

Yes I am, I would appreciate it if you could do that for me Alan

Many Thanks

Hi Daniel

Spoken to Doug, the warden at Fowlmere, and he will be in touch.

Best wishes

Much appreciated Alan and I'll look forward to hearing from him.

Regards Daniel

I have worked on Date with Nature Ironbridge, I do bird surveys for the BTO, and also volunteer at a local nature reserve doing practical conservation work

Hiya,

I volunteer at Langford Lowfields in Notts . I know , I know where ?? Basically Langford is a reserve in the making , currently gravel is being extracted  but as we get our hands on it we aim to transform it into a reedbed .

I try to get in a least twice a week ( depending on shifts ) and the work is mainly habitat management related but recently we have been carrying out more butterfly, moth and bird surveys.

The whole project is aimed at helping the Bittern return to the Trent Valley and this year we have had our first bird . 4 years of blood , sweat and tears repaid in seconds at the first sighting ( it was my first as well !!).

Dont think I could envisage myself not doing this and even though the site is a gravel pit it is beautiful .

Alan Murray

Hi Daniel

 

Spoken to Doug, the warden at Fowlmere, and he will be in touch.

 

Best wishes

Hi Alan,

I'm still waiting to hear from Doug at Fowlmere, do you think I would just be better off ringing him?

Regards Daniel

Hi Daniel

Oh dear that's not very good on our part!  I will remind Doug to make contact. 

Just so you are not waiting on him his telephone number is 01763 208978.

Let me know if you have any problem making contact.  Apologies again.

Alan Murray

Hi Daniel

Oh dear that's not very good on our part!  I will remind Doug to make contact. 

Just so you are not waiting on him his telephone number is 01763 208978.

Let me know if you have any problem making contact.  Apologies again.

Hi Alan,

There is no need to be sorry in anyway. Doug emailed me earlier and said he will phone me soon regarding the volunteering. Sounds like he's been quite busy at Fowlmere lately and just honestly forgot.

Thanks for your help Alan.

Regards Daniel

Hi Daniel

Thanks for letting me know.  Hope you enjoy your volunteering with us :-)

Hello I have recently become a member of the RSPB. I am going to part time hours at work and would love to get involved in some volunteer work in my free time. I live in Woodbridge, Suffolk, but have no idea how to go about getting work or who to contact. I have tried applying for a volunteer job but the email address was not valid. Also the application forms i get downloaded are for residential places. Please help me get involved. Many thanks.

Hi Sian

Great you're interested in volunteering with us and the person to contact is Annie Sadler (our Volunteering Development Officer for Eastern England) on 01603 697504.  She will be able to tell you what is available in Suffolk local to you. 

You might also want to look here on the website as to what current volunteering opportunities are available http://www.rspb.org.uk/volunteering/opportunities/all.asp.

Welcome onboard :-)

Been annoying the RSPB for several years now, Worked at the Mull of Galloway, as a local vol for a couple of seasons, Now to be found getting under everybodies feet at Lochwinnoch, where they have suffered for the past 18 months,

Residential Volunteer, Fell in love with the Ospreys at the Boat of Garten. heading back for the 7th time on May the 8th.

But I also like to go somewhere different once a year if I can do it, so far I have been over to Loch Gruinart on Islay,  Spent several weeks at the sea bird centre on Rathlin Island, of the coast of Northern Island, this year I'm booked and heading to South Stack for a change.

Allan

Hi

I volunteer at Strumpshaw Fen once a month and have been doing so for over 3 years.  Working on reception allows you to meet people from all walks of life and gives you the chance to see wonderful wildlife.  Im still hoping to see the elusive otters!

I also look after 5 pinbadge boxes and have been doing so for nearly 4 years.

Its very rewarding being a RSPB volunteer and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who has a few hours to spare!

I also volunteer (as well as work for) the BTO carrying out Garden Birdwatch, Bird Track and Atlas surveys.  Very rewarding and enjoyable.

For more details contact info@bto.org

I started out as a volunteer for the Sussex Wildlife Trust - working over at Lewes, mainly scrub clearing on Malling Down. Plenty to keep us busy and we always have a good bonfire going in the winter.  We're usually really lucky with the weather and enjoy stunning views of the Ouse valley.

I also volunteer for the South Downs Joint Committee (as was) as a volunteer ranger.  A good variety of outdoor tasks such as scrub clearance, path and fence maintenance, helping out on events, talking to the public and occasional surveys.  Not sure what will happen with the National Park but hopefully volunteer activities will continue.

I volunteer as a Hide and Trails volunteer with the RSPB at Pulborough.  Seeing what's out on the reserve at different times of the year and showing the visitors.

And finally, I'm involved with a local Friends group - looking after a local area that is also part of the South Downs National Park.