Before heading home, Year 5 had an exciting morning checking their mammal traps! We took a look to see what we had caught before safely releasing the animals back to their habitats. We are now on our way back home after a fantastic week away. Thank you, Nettlecombe Court! 🥾🏞️

🌟Today🌟 We are here Nettlecombe Court for our #Exmoor festival of nature. Come along and enjoy lots of free family friendly nature fun 🐝🌟🦋🎉

We had a fantastic day at our first ever #exmoor festival of nature. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us in the sunshine ☀️ Our Precious Earth Devon Wildlife Trust Somerset Wildlife Trust Exmoor National Park Butterfly Conservation 🦋 National Trust South West

Grassland ecology underway at Nettlecombe court #nettlecombecourtfsc #gdst Nettlecombe Court

📣 This month is National Festival of Fieldwork and we would love you to take part. 🎉 👉 If you’re getting your class involved, remember to download the certificate for your students: ow.ly/xUZZ50S6Xjp #NationalFestivalofFieldwork #NFF @the_GA

A rather challenging day at Porlock Weir as the wind and rain did its best to dampen our spirits. We also managed to trap 7 wood mice overnight as we continued our ecology studies. I think all will sleep well tonight #fscnettlecombecourt Nettlecombe Court #bromleyhighschool

Final morning of fresh water ecology at Nettlecombe Court today. The girls have all been brilliant during our stay. Currently on the road back to Bromley #bromleyhighschool #gdst

Great week of fieldwork for the Yr12 geographers. Thank you Nettlecombe Court for a great stay and organising great weather!

With the #NationalFestivalofFieldwork well underway, we were very excited to take Westonbirt School to Braunton Burrows today to look at psammoseral succession. The Burrows are England’s largest sand dune system and harbour over 500 different plant species! #NFF Geographical Association

We've had such a busy month during #NationalFestivalofFieldwork ! Place geography in Minehead yesterday with A Level geographers from The Cooper School and Herschel Grammar . Took a moment to sit down with one of the Minehead Metalheads community statues. #senseofplace

Street art on the sea wall of Watchet exploring it's history and heritage. Last morning of fieldwork skills for lots of our A Level Geographers before they get stuck into finishing their NEA planning this afternoon! #senseofplace #streetart #NationalFestivalofFieldwork Geographical Association

Day 1 of our U6 Biology field trip to Nettlecombe Court. Students visited a salt marsh and carried out a range of sampling techniques before they design their own practical method for tomorrow! Reed's School Cobham Nettlecombe Court #curiosity #independence

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Join us and build structures that animals can use to survive! We will also look at some ready-made ones to spot some cool species. A free club for young nature lovers. No booking required, just come along to Nettlecombe Court. Meet us at 10am on the benches on the front lawn!😎

So Janine Maddison and I wrote a book - with help from some excellent people! Creative fieldwork ideas in urban design, public and street art, and green space and local ecoystems. Lauch offer here: bit.ly/creative-field… Field Studies Council Newcastle University Geographical Association #fieldwork

Continuing our celebrations of #BiologyWeek with Royal Society of Biology, tutors Sam and Ed from Nettlecombe Court take us on a trip to Helwell Bay looking at zonation on a rocky shore, and Sam tells us why he loves biology as a subject. #IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek2024 #Biology #Biologist

Join Martin Summers for a week of exploration in South Devon or Somerset next year.🤩 Martin Summers BSc.Geol Dip Ed. is a geologist, naturalist and specialist teacher who has developed his knowledge over 60 years of learning. 👉Find out more: buff.ly/4fVajAe