Autumn 2025 Traineeship Arrival
It’s a strange feeling to settle into a space knowing all the changes the next 12 weeks will bring, recognising the gift that is and appreciating how quickly it will pass by, but until then there’s a lot to take in. This week Ambios has welcomed a new cohort to the nature recovery traineeship. Over […]
A visit to Hungary
Ambios has worked with the Barn Owl Foundation in Hungary for over two decades of Erasmus projects and cooperations, sending and receiving trainees. A close working partnership enabled us to link two recent Ambios trainees with the Foundation so they could explore an opportunity to go to Hungary and be involved in some fieldwork. Here’s […]
Ellie’s Folk Walk
Ellie joined us for the Spring 2025 cohort. Before the end of the traineeship, she wanted to share her folk walk with colleagues, staff and friends, taking us to a few different beautiful locations here on Lower Sharpham Farm. “While I’ve been at Ambios, I have felt a profound connection with the land and people […]
Summer 2025 Rewilding Updates
As we pass the halfway mark of 2025, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the changes taking root across our rewilding site. We have plenty of exciting observations to report made during the course of our spring/summer traineeship! Read on to discover how biodiversity is bouncing back, what new species have emerged this year, […]
Visit to Moor Barton Beaver Enclosure
It begins with driving through the remnants of the old pine plantation. Rows on rows of tall dry trees, neatly spaced, of uniform height, springy beds of brown needles lying between them, and very little else. There is an eerie beauty to it, despite feeling that I shouldn’t admit it to myself, knowing how little can live here. The darkness, the smell of the […]
Sharpham Trust in partnership with Ambios Ltd marks winter of transformation with 3,000 trees planted and hundreds engaged in Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest funded project.
This winter marked a major milestone for The Sharpham Trust and Ambios as nearly 3,000 trees were planted as part of the Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest project across 10 hectares of land, supported by the energy and dedication of hundreds of volunteers, trainees, and local community members.This was the first full winter planting […]
Summer Programme – A Close Look At Nature
Becky took part in our Summer of Nature Recovery 8-week traineeship last summer, and in this blog she reflects on how the hands on learning during the plant and bird identification sessions enabled her to gain confidence and practical skills for observing and recognising wildlife. As we moved into weeks five & six of the […]
What is nature recovery? – A trainee’s perspective
What did I think nature recovery was prior to Ambios vs what I think now having been a trainee? My time at Ambios has been eye-opening for my understanding of nature recovery. Perhaps this shouldn’t have come as a surprise, I have enrolled in a ‘Nature Recovery Traineeship’. What was once a naïve assumption that […]
A Day in the Life of a Nature Recovery Trainee
It’s hardly possible to recount what A Day In The Life looks like, as if to fit the daily experience of life here in the farm into a prescriptive chronology, when in actual fact each day is a particular magical, insightful, fun mix of learning, exploring, connecting. If I were to describe a day here […]
Reflecting on Six Weeks of Change, Connection, and Renewal
Sitting on the log bench at the top of Badger Field in the early morning light, watching the mists drift up and down the valley, watching the sun finally, finally tip over the edge of the clouds into a blue sky, we decide that this moment feels like a pivot point. The year gently turning. […]
