It's #WorldMetDay 🌍!! Weather monitoring plays a crucial role in understanding our climate's patterns and predicting future changes🌡️PM has been recording climate data for the MET office for over 50 years. We're proud to be a part of something so important🌦️💚
#ClimateAction

Join us in celebrating #InternationalDayofForests 🌳 This year's theme is Forests & Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World🌍We love our woodlands here at PM and we've recently upped our tree planting efforts to ensure the forest thrives for years to come💚😆
#ForestDay

Its #WorldWildlifeDay2024 🥳 and this year's theme is #DigitalInnovation , exploring how tech can enhance wildlife conservation📱🦋

Check out World Wildlife Day or visit wildlifeday.org/en for more information !!

Last weekend our brilliant apprentices were here at Preston Montford for their Lowland Leader assessments 🚶🧭.  We're really proud to announce it was an all-round success with a 100% pass rate! A huge congratulations to them all👏💚
#apprenticeship #fieldstudiescouncil

Hire @prestonmontford for your next get-together.

Situated in the heart of Shropshire, the field centre sits on the banks of the River Severn with views into Wales.
🛏️131 beds
🍽️ Self-catering for exclusive use
🖥️ 6 classrooms

👉Find out more: ow.ly/qcVb50QAEC4

It's #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👩💚 Here's a huge thank you to all the amazing women working with us at PM!! We hope to carry on inspiring many more young women and girls to get involved & forge a future career in the sciences🔬🧪🌱

#womeninSTEM #girlpower

We end this week with a beautiful sight! Snowdrops are coming into full bloom all around the grounds at PM😍🤍🌸
#signsofspring #snowdrops

Express Yourself this #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 🧠💚From 5-11 February, Place2Be is encouraging schools and youth groups to let children’s voice shine through and empower young people to tell their own stories🗣️!
Check out their website for fantastic activities to take part in🙌

Say hello👋 to this Common Newt who was found hiding in one of our bathrooms! 😲🦎
We popped him back near our pond, ready for the start of the spring breeding season🌸
#fieldstudiescouncil #fscprestonmontford #smoothnewts #amphibians

RSPBs Big Garden Birdwatch is back🤩! Running from the 26th- 28th January, all you need is an hour, and a good view from your garden or local park👀🐦‍⬛

To sign up head to their website!

For extra help, check out our Park and Garden Bird ID Guides below! field-studies-council.org/shop/publicati…

Wondering how to cheer your blues as you go though January? Are you in or around Shropshire? Then wonder no more

On the 28th of Jan 2024 come to #EntoDay to hear about Bees, Ants, Dragonflies AND FLIES

(& eat cake)
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This time of year can feel especially isolating, which is why we’re supporting @Samaritans ✨Brew Monday✨. Take a break, share a cuppa or your favourite warm beverage and check in with your friends and colleagues☕️💚

#BrewMonday #MentalHealthMattersEveryDay #ShareAndSupport

🌱 We’ve teamed up with Royal Society of Biology to create the Signs of Spring survey to chart the arrival of spring this year.
Join in by spotting and recording signs of spring like new frogspawn in ponds and daffodils emerging. 🐞🐸🌾

Take part: ow.ly/igux50QnNgX

#SpringSpotting

This week winter treated us to a few frosty mornings❄🥶 We think our site looks beautiful at this time of year, especially our rather icy Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder🤩✨!!

What's your favourite thing about the colder weather?⛄🍃

#fieldstudiescouncil #winterweather

Exciting News! 🎉 Dive into nature with over 40 NEW Natural History Courses! 🐾 Explore biodiversity, wildlife & ecosystems with expert tutors. From wildflowers to otters, there's something for everyone.
Check out upcoming courses from spring into summer ow.ly/wVhC50Qes7v

We love these spooky pumpkins carved by our Gold DofE students last night!👻🔥 Look at their awesome designs, including one with our very own logo👏

Instead of throwing your pumpkins away, you could make a tasty soup🍵or add them to your compost😊

#halloween #pumpkincarving

It's #BiologyWeek 💚 To celebrate we've got a fascinating audio programme to share - three of our tutors discuss their very different interests in ecology: marine ecology, freshwater ecology, and badgers!

🔉Listen here: field-studies-council.org/biology-week/

#IAmABiologist

Exciting news!✨🥳 Here at PM, along with the UoN Teacher Training PGCE science students, we have discovered a moth once thought to be EXTINCT in the UK! 🦋 Only seen in some southern counties, the Blue Underwing moth has rarely been spotted this far north!👏 #newdiscovery

📣New guests! Enjoy a 15% discount on our primary and secondary school residentials.📣

Find out more and enquire about dates: ow.ly/saUW50NMB3x

Pursuing a career in #reptile and #amphibian ecology, research or #conservation ? This course will expand your knowledge - covering ecology, identification, habitat management, legislation, surveying & reporting of UK species🐸

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