by Harriet | Jun 18, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! Admittedly this is the crow data, but same difference! Today was the last day of the Scotland Field course, and so the last time I’d see my university friends before heading off to Australia for the year! Since we were in Nethy Bridge and the...
by Harriet | Jun 17, 2015 | Natural Uni Life
Hello Internet! We had a lie in! I never thought I’d see the day where 7:30 was a lie in! This morning consisted of totally packing up the room, cleaning up after last nights festivities and then all piling back in the van for the journey back to the Cairngorms...
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...