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Large grand college building with queue of people at the entrance

2025 warden conference

Fri 20th Jun '25

Made my way to the Royal Agriculture University this morning for the annual wardens shin-dig which Glorious Grasslands volunteers get invited to...

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People walking down a steep grassland valley toward the floor

Summer walk after winter work

Wed 18th Jun '25Fri 20th Jun '25

The annual summer walk with Glorious Grasslands where we return to a site worked on over the winter habitat management season. The...

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Narrow stream at the bottom of a steep sided valley

Blue-winged takeover

Tue 17th Jun '25

Early start to meet Susie at Lister Road for the monthly riverfly count. The river levels were strikingly low – literally not...

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Bend in a stream with thick bank vegetation

Possible vole sighting

Mon 16th Jun '25Tue 17th Jun '25

It was predicted to be a warm day, so I set out early to do the raft monitoring for the Gloucestershire Wildlife...

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A white truck in an orchard with the tailgate down and lots of equipment on it.

Last orchard guard

Sat 14th Jun '25

Went over to Fromebridge for the monthly orchard work party with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. While walking over, we stopped to look...

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Water safety training

Water safety training

Fri 13th Jun '25Sat 14th Jun '25

A training course today with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The DEFRA Module 1 on Water Safety awareness in a four hour session...

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Dense patches of himalayan balsamon a river bank next to a river on the left

River banks of balsam

Wed 11th Jun '25

Another session of himalayan balsam pulling with Stroud Valleys Project. Today we were on the opposite bank from last week, but was...

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Mown grass around longer grass in agrassland with fruit trees dotted around

Baseline survey of the common

Fri 6th Jun '25Sat 14th Jun '25

A pretty busy day started with a meeting with Leah about the launch of the new Discover Dursley website. We are pretty...

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Himalayan Balsam mixed in with native vegetation on the bank of a river

Balsam under the M5

Wed 4th Jun '25Wed 4th Jun '25

Met the Stroud Valleys Project crew on the A38 reserve to tackle Himalayan Balsam on this section of the Frome. This was...

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