Wildlife watch Keep calm and indulge in Random Acts of Wildness
Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve Ranger Laura Preston would like readers to further get in touch with nature.
It’s nearly June already, can you believe it?! This will be the third year that the Falls of Clyde has taken part in the Wildlife Trust’s national ‘30 Days Wild’ campaign.
For those who don’t diligently memorise my weekly rambles, ‘30 Days Wild’ is a challenge to do one wild thing every day, and is also known as ‘Random Acts of Wildness’.
It is all about making time to connect with nature around you, or to do something small yourself to help nature.
‘30 Days Wild’ encourages you to experience, learn about and help your local wildlife.
It sounds crazy, but it can often be difficult for us mere mortals to find the time to get outside and enjoy nature – even I struggle sometimes, and my job is looking after a wildlife reserve!
Doing one thing doesn’t have to mean climbing a mountain or going golden eagle spotting – well, maybe on the weekends when you have more time!
It can be anything from going for a picnic in your local park one lunchtime, learning how to identify the song of a robin, making a hedgehog house for your garden, or recording a butterfly sighting.
The possibilities are endless and we’re here to help you – every day at 8am we will be posting on our Twitter and Facebook pages one thing you can do each day.
We would love it if you could share your ‘Random Acts of Wildness’ – I always love to see what people get up to.
There is also still time to sign up online and get your FREE pack, which includes stickers, a wallchart and some wildflower seeds to help you go wild.
If you do take part on social media please use the hashtag #30Dayswild.
An incredible 35,000 people have signed up to take part so far!!
Sign up by visiting wildlifetrusts. org/30dayswild