As many readers of this blog will know I'm a regular volunteer with the Water of Leith Conservation Trust. I visit Colinton Dell along the river every week to record the wildlife and pick litter. I also take lots of photos!
This is a lovely part of the river, the walkway passes mostly through woodland
Another problem can be damage to trees. In some of the open grassy areas, people will rip branches off the trees to make fires. This tree 'damage' though, seems innocuous and made me smile
I am also a campaigns volunteer for the Woodland Trust, taking part in some of their campaigns to protect ancient woodland across the UK. Please use the button in the sidebar to find out more about the Woodland Trust campaigns.
So why do I volunteer? I love the Water of Leith and enjoy looking after it, it's a great way of getting outdoors and learning more about how my local patch changes through the year. I also meet a lot of people in the Dells and often chat about nature and the river. The Water of Leith Conservation Trust looks after its volunteers well too! I am always keen to get involved with campaigns and woodland is something that I have a great affinity for, the campaigning with the Woodland Trust nicely complements the practical work I do for the Water of Leith! It's definitely worthwhile getting involved in volunteering - if you're specifically interested in outdoor conservation volunteering in Scotland then the following may be useful:
The Conservation Volunteers.
The National Trust for Scotland.
Scottish Wildlife Trust.
6 comments:
Sounds like a very good choice for volunteering. I love to volunteer too, have done so with many organizations over the years. YOur post reminded me of the need to get back to my volunteer pursuits too.
The photos are so lovely and green Juliet! Have a great week, G
Bummer on litter. Here, anti-litter campaigns - and facilities to make it easy not to litter - have been in place for many years. It is against the law to litter.
This weekend I was part of a group at a local waterfront festival that asked people which of ten actions was most important - to them - for keeping pollution out of storm water. Don't litter was the top choice, followed closely by Don't dump down storm drains.
Nice job to be a volunteer helping nature survive. It's awful people leave their litter just where they are. In our area where I used to walk with Snarf it's quite the same, I was always collecting rubbish and Snarf helped to collect empty plastic bottles to bring to the trash can.
A beautiful area to be as volunteer and record wildlife!
Interesting thoughts and its must be really rewarding this volunteering. Best wishes! !
you have such a beautiful area to volunteer for. i can see why you work so hard. sounds like some progress is being made with the litter issue too. good luck with your continued efforts.
I can imagine walking up those steps ... a great photo.
Litter is such a problem isn't it. I never understand why people just don't dispose of it neatly in bins, or take it home with them!
All the best Jan
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