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Exploring the Highlands of Scotland
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Exploring the Highlands of Scotland
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It’s been a long wait but finally field trips are back for our Wildlife students, and started with a seven day trip to the Highlands of Scotland to study some iconic British wildlife. The students on the Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation Science degree stayed at the award‑winning Aigas Field Centre, owned by one of Britain’s best‑known conservationists, naturalist and nature writer, Sir John Lister‑Kaye, who has featured on the BBC’s Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.
Course Leader, Dr Christopher Turner, said, “This was an opportunity for our students to study some of
Britain’s rarest animals in the wild. They visited many sites around the Highlands observing beavers, pine martens, dolphins, ospreys and golden eagles and met with local rangers and learned about current threats to native wildlife.” Student Ben Ellis said, “Seeing the large‑flowered European butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora), round leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), and great English sundew (Drosera anglica) in the wild was fascinating!”
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We run this degree programme in partnership with Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Colchester Zoo, and share associations with a range of environmental and conservation organisations. Our students study animal and plant ecology, marine and freshwater biology, wildlife behaviour and environmental and conservation science. In addition to field trips within the UK, when travel restrictions permit, students will also get the opportunity to study at Action for the Wild’s UmPhafa nature reserve in South Africa.
Fellow student Lily Sparrow added, “A recipe for a successful field trip in the Scottish Highlands: first, combine a strenuous mountain hike with a visit to the loch beneath. Add sightings of a handful of red squirrels, two golden eagles, some osprey, bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic salmon. Wash down with single malt Scotch whisky, watching badgers and pine martens to finish. Slàinte mhath!
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