#464: Neil Ingram and Nowhere Wood

Check out Neil Ingram's blog which contains his Stories from Nowhere Wood.

Neil shares regular updates from his local patch and is also a contributor to the GCSE Natural History Facebook page. Why not join the 800 members to be ready for further updates from this blog and elsewhere.

#447: CLA blog on the GCSE Natural History

The latest blog post about the newly resurrected GCSE Natural History is on the website of the CLA and is written by Claire Wright.

It references a few research reports on the value of engaging with nature.

This includes a 2018 survey from the University of Derby.

#326: Lower Otter Restoration

Retired Geography teacher Paul Berry writes a blog called Devon Geography.

A recent post explores the project to allow the restoration of the lower reaches of the River Otter in Devon, as it approaches Budleigh Salterton, through managed realignment.

It's an area I know well. I've been visiting the town each summer for at least 15 years - staying in a range of holiday homes and with family.

Image: Otter Restoration Project

The blog post would be useful as it includes an area where there have been attempts to reintroduce beavers (not otters) into the river to assist with flood management.

The area is changing rapidly as the scheme starts to take shape.

Here's an image of the mouth of the distinctive trees at the mouth of the river. 

It's one of a number in my Flickr album entitled: GCSE Natural History, which is growing (now up over 100 images) and which everyone is free to use once resources start to be developed as an additional offering from our suite of resources.

#100: The first hundred posts

I started this blog back in January when we also set up the Natural History Facebook group. This now has over 750 members.

We also started a Twitter account, which is fairly quiet at the moment as there's not much to share.

At the time, we were hoping that 2023 would see the release of further consultation or detail on the draft specification for a brand new GCSE in Natural History.

That hasn't happened as yet, but the reading and preparation for what will be the likely themes (based on the initial consultation) has started, along with the collation of books, podcasts, websites, twitter feeds, quotes, people of note and a whole host of other things. Now, as we reach the Autumnal equinox, it's time to add the 100th post (already).

And the Natural World is crying out for help.

Feel free to browse or use the search to find out more. Join the Facebook group and keep an eye out for any announcement of anything new. We will tell you as soon as anything emerges, and are happy to be helping in the preparation of what we hope will be really useful teacher support materials at a time when everyone will be finding their way, and also hoping to persuade their SLT to offer the new specification in schools and other institutions.

If you have any comments feel free to add them as comments on the blog and they will come through to us, or DM me on Twitter @GeoBlogs, or comment over on the Facebook page.

Image: Castle Acre, Alan Parkinson - shared under CC license