Four new eager, experienced and environmentally friendly conservation trainees have fledged and flown the coop at Dorset Wildlife Trust, ready to face the world of employment with a list of qualifications and skills in the past they could have only dreamed of. These fresh faced trainees are among the first in the UK to complete their training under the Heritage Lottery Fund initiative.

Four new eager, experienced and environmentally friendly conservation trainees have fledged and flown the coop at Dorset Wildlife Trust, ready to face the world of employment with a list of qualifications and skills in the past they could have only dreamed of. These fresh faced trainees are among the first in the UK to complete their training under the Heritage Lottery Fund initiative.

Megan Beckett and Jess Tilley joined Dorset Wildlife Trust for a year as paid trainees, to learn a variety of conservation skills from surveying rare reptiles, getting a chainsaw license and evening helping birth newborn lambs. Here they give their account after finshing their year with DWT.