Volunteers - Recent threads

love nature bucket collection (VERY DISAPPOINTED.)

stonechat — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:45:36 GMT

I OFFERED TO COLLECT FOR THE LOVE NATURE COLLECTION...BUT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ASI HAD NOT DONE THIS SORT OF THING BEFORE..I GOT DOWN TO THE SUPERMARKET WHERE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER LADY AT THE SAME TIME.AS ME. I WAITED 30 MINUTES NO ONE TURNS UP...SO I WASTED THE MORNING HOPING TO HELP THE R.S P.B. BUT SADLY IT DIDNT HAPPEN.!!!!!!!.SO I WILL NOT BOTHER TO THINK OF HELPING THEM AGAIN....ITS THERE LOST

I would love to help

CrazyDaizy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:17:22 GMT

Hia Folks

My closest RSPB reserve is Sandwell Valley.

I would love to volunteer there about once a month if I could. Maybe at the weekends, or a Tuesday or Thursday when I don't work. I could only do it about once a month though.

What do I do to get involved like this? Can anyone direct me to any information that might be of help.

Thank you

Update on volunteering

Jenni Morgan — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:58:34 GMT

Since our Choughs fledged earlier this year we have ahd reports of the female juvenile being seen near Aber Falls on the North Wales coast. This is interesting as juveniles from our nest last year headed West rather than North..

Three Choughs have been seen flying in and out of the nest cavern but no-one was able to see any coloured rings so no ID.

We have been developing a woodland walk at Portmeirion with the help of the garden staff there and those of us doing have been learning a lot about trees, fungi and lichens etc. It's been huge fun!

As well as all that I have learned to do the commentaries on the Puffin Island Cruises going out from Beaumaris. That is fantastically enjoyable. There was one cruise when birds were just popping in and out of the water all round us - Puffins, Razorbills, Guillemots, Black Guillemots, Cormorants Shags, Kittewakes, Fulmars, Gannets, Eider Duck, Sandwich Terns and Greater and Lesser Black Backed Gulls. Harbour Porpoise and seals completed the picture! Marvellous! :-)))

I am having a great time with the RSPB!

Jenni

Badge Box Minders

plop — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:00:24 GMT

I have received my Badge Box kit, ID badge, pages of info etc...

I'm making the little boxes up, and hope to pop out to a few places this week to try and get them placed, I was wondering if there are any Badge Box minders who use this site who could share any hints and tips for me and others.

My info pack says not to place them in places where there are caged birds, also I was wondering if there are any store chains where it wont be worth bothering to try to place boxes, such as Tesco etc... as I notice my local Tesco already supports a charity through most of the stores I've sen.

Anybody got any tips.?

Farewell to our chough babies

Jenni Morgan — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:33:59 GMT

Those of us who volunteer at Llechwedd Slate Caverns and all the staff there, are feeling that odd mixture of sadness, pride and slight anxiety today - our babies have finally left the cavern!

They were careering around the ledges like kids on a picnic last week and on Saturday they had disappeared. However on Sunday, faced with the sort of downpour that only Snowdonia can produce, they crept back inside! Today the weather was improving and they were off again!

They will still be around the huge quarry/ cavern complex that comprises Llechwedd being taught how to feed themselves and as summer progresses they will be seen further and further afield probably ending up over the other side of the Moelwyn Hills in the Croesor Valley. We will get the occasional report of a sighting - they are individually identifiable by the coloured rings that were put on them some weeks ago.

We are so pleased that our parent birds have raised all four of their chicks this year - up to now we have only ever had three survive. This is a really great "Date with Nature" site and we hope to be back next year - do try to come! Choughs are quite simply brilliant birds! Noisy, active, intelligent and playful as only corvids can be.

Three cheers for the Llechwedd Choughs!!

Jenni

New Glasgow WEX group

Ross Lennox — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:55:44 GMT

I recently started volunteering as a youth leader and have been busy setting up the new Glasgow WEX group.

If you know anyone in the area who might be interested in coming along please spread the word - first meeting is this Sunday (05/06/11), 2pm @ Kelvingrove Museum.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/groups/glasgowwex

New to Blacktoft

Arran28 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:33:39 GMT

Hi Everyone, I am about to start as a Residential Warden Intern at Blacktoft on Saturday. Just wondered if there are any regular volunteers or visitors on here.

Look forward to hearing from you!

It's a new volunteering year!

Jenni Morgan — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:01:17 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am getting really excited about going to Llechwedd Slate Caverns tomorrow for my first day this year at our "Date with Nature" stand. It's such fun talking to people about our beautiful Choughs and seeing the spark of interest starting as they watch the pictures from the webcams! Birds have always been a passion for me and there is nothing better than watching other people, especially kids, falling in love too!

Come on Volunteers - what is it that makes YOU volunteer? What gives you that "feel good" factor?

Jenni

Interested in volunteering

Fergus — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:56:26 GMT

Hi there. I wondered if there were any rspb volunteering opportunities in and around the Midlothian or Edinburgh area please? I'm currently "in-between jobs" so can spare as little or as much time as required.

Many thanks

Fergus

Volunteering In Norfolk

Nikki — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:59:10 GMT

Hi Guys,

I'd love to do some volunteering in the Norfolk, do you know how I would get started? I've emailed a few people but haven't had a response - does anyone else Volunteer in Norfolk?

Date with Nature Volunteers

BlanketMouse — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:57:11 GMT

Hi All,

I am about to volunteer for my first Date with Nature event in London. I just missed the Tate Peregrines last year but have just been emailed with some new events lined up in the next few months - Tawny Owls in Kensington Gardens and Herons at Regents Park :) Just going through my diary to pick some - I find my boring job really gets in the way of everything lol!

Is there anyone else here who has volunteered for Date with Nature events?

Happy New Year everyone :)

helping out

jonandkaren — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:50:36 GMT

hi i am intresting in helping out the rspb in the wrexham area if anyone has any info please get in touch thanks

Hi

DaveB — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:24:44 GMT

Hi there i have been interested in bird since i was a child and have recently joined the RSPB but would still like to do more. Is there anyone i can contact to discuss doing voluntary work in the Boston area. Preferably something outside and hands on

Between a rock and a hard place (i.e. Cumbria and North East). Placement advice please.

wigglywormhole — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:42:36 GMT

I would love to volunteer for ecological projects but because of where I live, Alston Moor, I am stuck trying to decide whether to approach the North East or Cumbria or Durham (right in the middle here but it is an ecologically vibrant area with it's own specific issues). We're in between three huge areas with huge conservation needs. Please can somebody tell me where I might be able to help that is near this joining of three counties (did I mention Northumberland?) make that four. Right on loads of borders. I think there is a reserve at a place called Tindale on the road to Carlisle but I know nothing about it. I've only been a member of the R.S.P.B. for a few months.

Cafe comfort

Alba — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:59:28 GMT

Hey out there - are there any budding volunteers who would welcome a warm environment for the winter months.

In the Cafe at Leighton Moss they will be shortly invitng the visitors in for wholesome broths, delicious hot chocolate and much more to entice after a session of bird watching. Whether that be Bearded tits early morning or waiting for the Starlings to display before roosting......

Your interest in Nature or Cafe knowledge would be greatly welcomed by the staff and volunteers already there.

hello

lovebird — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:26:04 GMT

hello..im new to this site and birdwatching..would love to get back into voluntary work again..how do i go about doing it.please.

volunteering in and around manchester

leeg — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:10:49 GMT

hi just wondered if anybody knows of any volunteering work i can do at the weekends ?

cheers lee

Want to volunteer for something

sara — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:06:07 GMT

I am looking to do something in the Bedfordshire area so i would be glad of any ideas

Starting Out

chuckalicious — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:27:02 GMT

Hi everybody - new to the forum.

I'm currently looking for a bit of advice.

I am looking for a possible career change (from IT) to something a bit more worthwhile, physical and outdoors related.

For as long as I can remember I have loved wildlife, be it insects, birds etc etc and I love doing anything outdoors.

I recently decided to look into volunteering for a number of reasons, namely

1. To see if I actually enjoy the type of work

2. To help look after habitats etc

3. To gain experience for possible later employment

I have been onto the RSPB volunteering page and am very interested in the residential stays at the reserves. I would love to do something like this, however I have a number of concerns, which maybe people could advise on

1. The application form asks for one of the referees to be able to comment on my suitability to work with young people. I have never had the chance to work with young people before and so no-one can really comment on my suitability.

2. I have no specific experience with conservation or specific wildlife knowledge.

Might either of these cause any problems for me, or will I pick up experience of both while doing the residential?

I emailed the contact on the volunteering page with similar questions but as yet have not had a response.

Thanks in advance!

Can anyone help me!

Twitters2 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:37 GMT

I live on South Uist and i want to volunteer but i have no idea who to contact or what sorts of local volunteering i can do as the RSPB reserve in North Uist is to far for me to travel to. :(

Peregrine Falcon's

EddyC — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:40:07 GMT

I am curently volunteering with the RSPB's Date With Nature Event on at Lincoln Cathedral, did it last year too, but I never knew about this untill now, so hello all.

The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest living animal on the planet whne it stoops to catch prey on the wing at speeds up to and includin 200mph. We have a nesting pair on the North Side of the Central tower at Lincoln Cathedral, it's great watching them fly and teach the Juvenile, just one this year...

Any way hello to everyone and hope you are all well.

Volunteer and Farmer Alliance Bird Survey

Mick Twinn — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:00:12 GMT

That's it survey's done now to sort out the paper work and post it off

Volunteering

Snowdonia — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:35:26 GMT

How do I go about volunteering

Caged wildlife

apple — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:30:43 GMT

I don't know whether I am allowed to speak about animals in zoos, but I do not believe in zoos, point blank and think that all wildlife should be homed in sanctuaries or on game reserves. Animals were not intended to be caged and, therefore, should be able to live their lives free, as they were created. All this business about allowing children to google and oggle and tease animals in zoos is a total imposition to wildlife and zoos, thus, should be outlawed, allowed purely for the preservation of a species of an animal which is becoming extinct or rare. I feel exceptionally strongly about this and I think that people and children should be educated thus, to know that animals should be given almost as much respect as is given to a human being.

Rspb and other wildlife work

apple — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:17:22 GMT

I am a volunteer with royal society for the protection of birds in my spare time and amazed and thrilled with what the society does; the more people that we can recruit to volunteer to help, the better.

Animals, wildlife, all forms of life are my passion and in my little garden, where I live,I have created a haven for the wildlife, the butterflies, bugs, foxes, badgers, and all of the lower forms of life, which are to be treasured, as one can see from the past, all our animals are being depleted in number due to poaching, killing, poisoning and extermination. We must not think that because we have any animal, eg. the birds, in any great number that they too, will not disappear, because they will, lest we look after, treasure them as we do ourselves; one great person wrote that a country is judged by the way it treats its animals; look at Roumania, no comment. After all, it was man who ruined Planet Earth and not the animal, hence, animals have just as much right if not more right to live peacefully on our Planet.