Blog: Howard Roddie

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Butterflies Surprise at Barlow Common

Telling our story volunteer Howard Roddie didn’t know the difference between a red admiral and a comma butterfly, so he booked a place on the volunteer butterfly surveyor training. He took a few…

A Hebridean sheep grazing in a field. Photograph by Tom Marshall

Shearing - the long and short of it

Telling our story volunteer Howard Roddie decided he needed a haircut and thought he might get one for free. So, he headed off to the final Hebridean sheep shearing day of the season but he got…

One of the many proud mothers with her new arrivals, in this case twins!  - Howard Roddie

Black Sheep - Pride of Yorkshire

Here in Yorkshire, we have good reason to be proud of our black sheep - both our famous and excellent beer and the Hebridean Sheep of the same colour grazing on our reserves. Beth Wood, our…

Yellow-green snake coiled with tongue out looking to the left of the screen (Danny Green/2020VISION)

It's Springtime for Reptiles

Spring is here and the Reptiles are waking up! Voluntary Trainee Sophie Tomlinson trains a new set of Reptile Surveyor Volunteers and shares her enthusiasm with Telling Our Story Volunteer Howard…

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