by Harriet | Jun 16, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! After an early start the 25 of us were piled into a small ferry (in two loads) and headed over to Handa Island, a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve. It was very idyllic, we pulled into a little bay and some volunteers wheeled a walkway out to us so we...
by Harriet | Jun 15, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! After an early start and packing up all our belongings we left the bunkhouse behind and piled back into the vans to make our way north. First stop: Moray Firth, more specifically Chanonry Point to see the Dolphins. It was amazing, within seconds of...
by Harriet | Jun 14, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! Today has most definitely been an insight into how biology works (or doesn’t) in the field! We all set off to do our mini projects for the trip. Our group decided to look at vigilance in red deer – whether increasing group size meant...
by Harriet | Jun 13, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! After an early start (and failing to spot the red squirrel that the minibus in front of us saw) we headed off to climb Cairn Gorm! It was quite a climb and we took it at quite a pace but it was fun. On the sciency side of things we were looking at...
by Harriet | Jun 12, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! These will not be posted until my return, but I will try to write a blog post every day for this trip as a) it’s good practice b) it’s interesting (at least to me) and c) it’ll help me remember what I did when relaying the story to...
by Harriet | Jun 11, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! Well this is a new experience, I’m attempting to write a blog post on my phone since there is apparently an app! I write this post from my (slightly cluttered due to boxes) room back home in Kent! I am no longer in Cornwall! The day after the...
