Volunteers carry out spring clean on Handa
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Volunteers have cleared a mountain of rubbish from Handa Island Wildlife Reserve in Sutherland. Two boat loads of litter were taken off the island, enough to fill a large skip. …
A month to never ever forget!
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What did I do this summer, you ask? I volunteered on Handa Island, an a-ma-zing wildlife reserve on the west coast of Scotland! For those not familiar with this small …
A Short But Wonderful Experience on Handa
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Sergio Garcia Taboada is a European Solidarity Corps volunteer from Spain. Working with Reserves Project Officer Beth Harwood, he is spending two months volunteering on our wildlife reserves in the …
A Week to Remember
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Camille Vallette is a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteer from France currently working with Reserves Project Officer Chris Archbold. He is spending 10 months volunteering on our wildlife reserves in …
Update from Handa Island – April 2021
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We are now 10 days into our season on Handa Island. Our arrival was delayed due to bad weather, and so we had to wait until 1 April to travel …
Handa Island springs into life
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Since our last update Handa Island has sprung into life! The primroses, bluebells and buttercups are in full flower, and when out on the pre-laying puffin count we even spotted our …
Life on Handa Island
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Life on Handa has been, relative to the rest of the world, plodding along fairly normally since we arrived on Monday 16 March. This year there are just three of …
Chick season on Handa Island
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June has been a busy month for us all on the island, heading out to the cliffs to check on the many eggs of the guillemots and kittiwakes, or venturing …