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Originally Posted by ring ouzel  Most people go for the usual Wildlife Trusts/RSPB/BTCV route to volunteer and thats OK but shows no imagination. How about WeBS counts for BTO (or any other BTO survey)? or voling for Bat Conservation Trust, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation etc? |
Not saying your wrong....but it never did me (and thousands of others) any harm!
Please no-one discount the RSPB/county WT's/BTCV. The fact is, if you want to go into conservation, two of the biggest employers are the RSPB and the county WT's, so getting in with them is a good idea. If you go for reserve volunteering, you will be able to do things like WeBS counts/BBS/butterfly transects etc. as part of the general reserve volunteering, along with the practical work.
If you want to go into reserve wardening specifically, it's worth noting that the biggest nature reserve owners and managers are the RSPB and county WT's (and to a lesser extent the National Trust). So volunteering with them will give the experience of reserve management that you will need. Organisations like to BTO don't actually employ wardens because they don't have any reserves of their own.
To go down the research or consultancy route however, then volunteering for the BTO/Bat Conservation will benefit.