In the next in our series, volunteering administrator Wayne Brown chats to Sam Darley about her time as an ecology trainee

Ecology trainee, Samantha Darley went looking for hazel dormice in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. What did she find?

Dave Dunleavy, ecology trainee, describes how to survey for water voles and how BBOWT's Water Vole Recovery Project has been helping them return from the brink

Chrystal Thompson looks back over a busy year as a conservation trainee with BBOWT at Greenham and Crookham Commons

Judith Ballinger, volunteer ecology trainee, set herself the challenge of visiting as many nature reserves as possible during her traineeship. Read how she's getting on.

Volunteer ecology trainee Russ Fisher reflects on why he decided to take on a traineeship and what the role has brought so far

Can you find a corner of wildlife, whether in your garden, park or nature reserve to slow down and reconnect?

As an ecology trainee in BBOWT’s Biodiversity team, one thing is for sure, no two days are ever quite the same!

"We approach the boxes quietly, treading carefully as we get closer so as not to alert any inhabitants of the box. There’s a great sense of anticipation; what will we find in this one!?…

Counting eggs is the most reliable way to monitor brown hairstreak populations, but can be an arduous task given their relatively tiny size.