Care for the Cairngorms Perthshire Group Volunteering opportunities

Join local ranger services, learn new skills, meet new people and volunteer to take care of nature and the environment!

Date and Activity Meeting place Exertion time Fri 8th Feb Get active! Help repair paths and fencing NTS 3 out of 3 10am – 3pm National Trust for Scotland Killiecrankie Join Ranger Hannah, get active and have fun helping Visitor Centre improve paths and fencing in the Killiecrankie area Sat 16th Feb Farmland Bird Surveying at Blair Atholl Glen Tilt Car 1 out of 3 10am – 12pm Blair Atholl Park Learn basic bird identification with Ranger Julia and help to carry out a survey for farmland birds. Sat 9th March Learn to make charcoal! NTS 2 out of 3 10am – 3pm National Trust for Scotland Killiecrankie Join Ranger Hannah, emptying and refilling the kiln & Visitor Centre processing local beech wood ready to turn into charcoal. Fri 29th March Beaver monitoring and more! Atholl Memorial 1 out of 3 10am – 1pm National Trust for Scotland Fountain, A day on the banks of the Tay, with tree identification, Dunkeld camera trapping & data collection to map beaver activity Fri 12th April Lend a helping hand to a historic right of way Blair Atholl 2 out of 3 10am – 12pm Perth and Kinross Council Watermill (Car Join Ranger Jeannie and help to finish clearing the historic Park) Right of Way footpath from Blair Atholl to Glen Fincastle.

Please register in advance at www.cairngorms.co.uk/volunteers or call 01479 870 566 If you have a question about a specific task, please contact the Ranger Service involved: National Trust for Scotland Hannah Patterson 07734 366 703 Perth and Kinross Council Jeannie Grant 07788 190 876 Blair Atholl Julia Duncan 07801 563 559

This project has been part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community (Cairngorms Local Action Group) LEADER 2014-2020 Programme

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas