Amongst many other things we've been doing some more hay cutting for Garganey Trust as well as undertaking lots of ecological surveys for bats, dormice, badgers and reptiles - travelling the length and breadth of the UK to do so!
One site we're working on has quite a healthy reptile population, particularly common lizard, which has given Gareth the opportunity to practice his reptile photography skills;
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| A female common lizard basking in the dappled afternoon sunshine - pity the shed felt she's sat on isn't a little more photogenic! |
We were sad to read of the passing of Rob Strachan in the most recent edition of CIEEM's Inpractice. Gareth was lucky enough to have met Rob a couple of years ago during his "Understanding British Mammals" courses for the University of Aberystwith, just one of Rob's many contributions in furthering the study and conservation of British mammals. A genuinely nice guy and a true conservationist.
