Hello everyone, I’m Lizy the new Assistant Ranger at St.
Abb’s Head and I’ll be working here for the next few months. I’m really looking
forwards to getting down and dirty with the St. Abb’s Team after spending the
last two summers working as a Ranger at Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, an
altogether more civilised affair! I am very lucky to have the chance to come
and work here after finishing my summer contract, and this placement will
hopefully help me to get some valuable experience over the winter months. Being
from Edinburgh I’ve been to St. Abb‘s Head many times over the years, and I’m
keen to get to know it better, and to give something back to a place that has
given me a lot of fond memories.
Most of the work Liza and Jack have planned for me will be
outdoor practical tasks, as many of the wildlife surveys are finished for the
year and this is the time when we catch up with improving the reserve
infrastructure and doing practical habitat management. So far I’ve already been
covered in mud helping Jack to improve paths around the Mire Loch. I’m also
really looking forwards to controlling the gorse which has started to invade the species rich grasslands which are such an important part of the property.
