Tracy Lambert, Author at Cumbernauld Living Landscape

Helping teachers take the classroom outdoors

7th October 2020, by Tracy Lambert

It’s been a funny old week. It started with a public holiday that made me feel like I had lost a day somewhere, and included a bat walk spent owl watching as well as a training day with the wonderful teachers of Condorrat Primary School that had us in fits of giggles as we guesstimated the height of a tree…

Creating Natural Connections, Education and community

Free training offer for outdoor learning

26th August 2020, by Tracy Lambert

Last week saw children returning back to the classroom full time. Some will have gone with the excitement of seeing their friends in a familiar setting, while others will have been apprehensive about what being together in large groups could bring. Ultimately it is a time of change and that can be unsettling. The use of outdoor spaces for learning,…

General, Education and community, Creating Natural Connections

Turning inside out

29th July 2020, by Tracy Lambert

So, I don’t know about you, but I am personally sick of shielding! I have learned that in these past few months being outside has a level of importance to me that I took for granted. Lack of exercise and that feeling of freedom of movement have left me sore and in low mood. It is not natural to stay…

General

A closer look at moths

8th July 2020, by Tracy Lambert

I have always been a lover of butterflies, but it took me a bit more time to come around to moths. Until I started working for the Cumbernauld Living Landscape I used to think that moths were all little brown jobs, drab, mono-colour, and basically dull. As it turns out I am so very wrong and that every day really…

Species and habitats

A little breathing space

27th May 2020, by Tracy Lambert

There has been much talk of children returning to school and how that might look in the months to come. Parents and guardians may be coping well with the routine of home schooling while others are struggling. Much of the pressure – even before Covid-19- is based around the curriculum and how a child conforms. This can mean we sometimes…

Education and community

The not so magical midge!

6th May 2020, by Tracy Lambert

Recently Cumbernauld Living Landscape received an enquiry about insect bites and whether anyone else been bothered by them. The quick answer is yes. Since the middle to end of March my household has been scratching legs and arms to ease the incessant burning itch, issuing from what look like wee heat spots. I thought it a wee bit early for…

General, Species and habitats

The plight of the male bumblebee

9th April 2020, by Tracy Lambert

PART FOUR Once the males have hatched, they leave the nest never to return. Their sole purpose is to feed, mate, then die— it is a very short life for the humble male. Most will never mate but those that do will pass on the genes from the mother queen bee and the grandmother, great grandmother etc. hence the…

Species and habitats

The autumn of bumblebees

9th April 2020, by Tracy Lambert

PART THREE All the bees born in spring and early summer are female, born from the queen’s eggs and the male’s stored sperm packet. They are all sisters who are 75% related to each other. We are up to late summer now, and things are going to get a little tense in the nest. As late summer arrives the…

Species and habitats

A bumblebee’s tale of spring and summer

9th April 2020, by Tracy Lambert

PART TWO The discussion I had with students from St Maurices’ about bumblebees will remain with me forever. For two years I would be stopped in the corridors by one or two students who asked me to repeat the bumblebee’s tale, as they couldn’t get their heads around the genetics of how brothers and sisters are related differently. It…

Species and habitats

The humble bumble

7th April 2020, by Tracy Lambert

PART ONE I finally feel that spring has arrived. You might wonder why. After all, meteorological spring was the first of March and the official beginning of spring was the 20th, so why now? Well, I just saw my first bumblebee, and it is never truly spring until I see one of those cute wee fuzzbutts! I adore bumblebees…

Species and habitats

Author: Tracy Lambert

Helping teachers take the classroom outdoors

Free training offer for outdoor learning

Turning inside out

A closer look at moths

A little breathing space

The not so magical midge!

The plight of the male bumblebee

The autumn of bumblebees

A bumblebee’s tale of spring and summer

The humble bumble

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