I've done some of this before, am signed up to do a module in terrestrial ecology at the Open University from Oct, & also volunteering with a PhD student surveying aquatic invertebrates & plants in a #chalkstream restoration project from Sept.
Plan A is to supplement my pension through freelance work in this field, but I need to work out if this is possible before taking the plunge. Any advice would be gratefully received!
#Ecology #Habitat #Invertebrates #Surveying
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@kittytoebeans imagine being in retail. Here you go. Little bit of #chalkstream #nature

Sloe picking on my last day off work yesterday very late, or bery early.. This is the best spot near me.
Are the banks of chalk streams known for sloes? This is Beverly Brook, I have seen stands of blackthorn by the Hogsmill and in Chalfont St Peter by the Misbourne where we picked sloes and visited my nan years ago.
#sloegin #sloes #lichensubscribe #Mosstodon #foraging #chalkstream

#Chalkstream happiness - longer days are coming! Happy #wintersolstice

gutted to not able to fish as planned tomorrow thanks to a flooded River Frome and too late to book somewhere else - roll on Friday #flyfishing #graylingfishing #grayling #chalkstream

When the burn overtakes the path.
#Winchester #chalkstream

@mrnathannelson Thanks Nathan. I’m sure it will quickly become familiar, I just need to fathom out how it can best be used in #chalkstream and #waterquality projects in #Norfolk

RT @Blacky_Himself
Previously smothered in silt and tufa, this riverbed is being scoured clean by re-energised flows.
#ChalkStream #RiverRestoration with @WessexRivers and @aquamaintain

RT @VerValleySoc
The #RiverVer is being killed. A wet weekend revealed just a little clear groundwater trickling downstream to be joined by a poisonous cascade of motorway and housing estate runoff that's now dominating our #chalkstream.