Wildlife tracking for beginners
This week's nature connection session was lead by Scottish Badgers and the Scottish Wildlife Trust and was titled "Wildlife Tracks,...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Forest bathing in Spring
I know that we've been encouraging you to celebrate the coming of Spring, several times over the last couple of months, but this weekend...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Nature Photography
This week we had a session about nature photography and I was excited to learn a lot of new techniques to experiment with on my mobile...
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sarahburgess5
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Art and nature
As you know by now, over the last 12 months I have been experimenting with a lot of different ways to encourage people to connect with...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Reading about nature
This week I was lucky enough to take part in Healthy n Happy's zoom bookclub. We were really grateful to them for taking on our...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 19, 20213 min read
Nature Connection
I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before, but I am not really the outdoor type. I know a sparrow from a robin and an oak from a...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 11, 20213 min read
Watch the birdie
Taking photos has been one of the things that I have come back to time and time again during this whole period of lockdown. For a while...
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sarahburgess5
Feb 5, 20212 min read
Star Count
Tomorrow, Saturday 6th February marks the start of the CPRE's annual Star Count, where they ask individuals to help measure light...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 29, 20212 min read
St Brigid's Day
In the last week dawn has started to break as I come home from my morning walk. It's not that I want to wish the year away but I do like...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 22, 20212 min read
Wild Wellbeing
One of the advantages of being the person who is organising the online nature connection sessions that we're running is that I have to...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Small and slow
It's all a bit overwhelming isn't it? I'm not sure exactly what I am referring to, January, the weather, COVID, the never-ending,...
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sarahburgess5
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Gardening begins in January
“Anyone who thinks that gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 18, 20202 min read
The 12 Days of Nature
I'm writing this having just returned from my darkest walk of the year so far. It is an incredibly still day, however all the dogs we...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 11, 20202 min read
Be a tree
I am writing this just after my yoga class and shortly before I upload the next video to the our nature advent(ure) calendar, which just...
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sarahburgess5
Dec 4, 20203 min read
Three Good Things
I’m writing this on 3rd December which means we’ve already had 3 days of our Nature Advent(ure) Calendar. During this first week of...
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sarahburgess5
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Winter Project - our press release
Have a nature adventure this advent with Get Outdoors Lanarkshire The Lanarkshire Green Volunteer Network, part of the Lanarkshire Green...
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sarahburgess5
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Moon Walks
A while ago I was admiring some photos of the Moon on instagram and assuming that the person who had taken them was some kind of...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Sitting & watching
Just a short one from me this week, the rain is hammering down on the window above my head and it’s almost dark despite only being...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Nature is all there is
Last week my morning walks were happening at dawn, this week, daylight doesn’t really make an appearance until I’m back home. It’s a...
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sarahburgess5
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Still talking about autumn
Whilst there are leaves on the trees I am going to be talking about autumn! And oh my – the colours are getting more beautiful every day,...
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