Trainee Reserve Officer
This exciting volunteer post will give you vital experience at one of the UK’s best nature reserves.
This exciting volunteer post will give you vital experience at one of the UK’s best nature reserves.
Assisting the reserves team in all areas of estate work, to include practical habitat maintenance/restoration, biodiversity surveys and livestock work.
Assisting the reserves team in all areas of estate work, to include practical habitat maintenance/restoration, biodiversity surveys and livestock work.
Turn over large stones or paving slabs in the garden and you are likely to find a Red ant colony. This medium-sized ant can deliver a painful sting, so be careful! In summer, winged adults swarm…
The most common wood ant is the southern wood Ant, or 'red wood ant', which is found in England and Wales. An aggressive predator, it plays a vital pest control role in our woodlands.…
The black garden ant is the familiar and abundant small ant that lives in gardens, but also turns up indoors searching for sugary food. In summer, winged adults, or 'flying ants', swarm…
A very rare ant, once found on heathland across southern England but now restricted to Scotland and Devon. It constructs distinctive thatched nests in open areas at the edges of scrub, and forages…
Enjoy a walk at Holwell Reserves, disused quarries, with a mixture of grassland, woodland and exposed rock faces create a peaceful atmosphere throughout the year. A special place for bats,…
The yellow meadow ant is known for creating anthills in grassland habitats. It has a close relationship with the Chalkhill blue butterfly - protecting the larvae in return for a sugary substance…
If you would like to be part of a friendly team, working towards ensuring our nature reserves are managed as well as they can be for wildlife, then this could be the role for you. As Gwent…
We are looking for someone who can deliver a series of exciting projects that reconnect our rivers with their floodplains. Our work focuses on key priorities including climate change mitigation,…