Nature's Calendar Blog

• Assemble - the Woodland Trust's new volunteer website

  By Judith Garforth, 26/03/2025
  

  Look out for a 'Welcome to Assemble' email in your inbox. Assemble is the Woodland Trust's new volunteer website, where we're launching our new Nature's Calendar forum this week. 

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• Your Nature's Calendar Newsletters

  By Alex Marshall, 24/03/2025
  

  Catch up on the latest volunteer newsletter!

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• Seals and seabirds: A guest blog post by Kevin Sene, author of Spectacular Britain: A spotter's guide to the UK’s most amazing natural phenomena

  By Kevin Sene, 08/01/2025
  

  Seabirds and seals are some of the most familiar yet spectacular sights around our shores. Some have iconic status, such as the comical puffin and fluffy white Atlantic grey seal pups. However, as is often the case in the natural world it doesn’t take much to disrupt their behaviour, including the influences of climate change.

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• Season's Greetings & Thank You

  By Alex Marshall and Judith Garforth, 13/12/2024
  

  Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Nature’s Calendar this year. Find out about exciting project developments coming in 2025.

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• Clay Sculpting Combined with Nature Observation

  By Sanmin Tan, 20/11/2024
  

  Sanmin Tan is an artist and researcher based in Edinburgh. She is in the third year of her PhD research at Edinburgh College of Art (the University of Edinburgh). Sanmin uses clay as a primary material in her artwork and research projects. She also employs documentary filmmaking to investigate the interactions between her creative research practices and audiences.

  In this blog she talks about combining clay sculpting with her Nature's Calendar observations.

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