Vicky Bowskill

A sketchbook lying in a patch of germander speedwell. On the sketchbook is a watercolour meadow.

Writing and artwork inspired by floodplain meadow research.

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Four images of people carrying out environmental science communication from a CIEEM webinar on the topic.

Webinar: Science Communication for Ecologists and Environmental Managers

This webinar was created in collaboration with my former colleagues at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Managers. It formed part of my CENTA work placement and was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. You can find a recording of the webinar below and a pdf of the slides with hyperlinks to all the resources here.Continue reading “Webinar: Science Communication for Ecologists and Environmental Managers”

24th Nov 202126th Nov 2021

Three images. First shows fieldworker weighing hay from a spring balance. Second shows an illustrator creating a digital drawing. Third shows dried hay samples divided into quarters.

Hung, Drawn and Quartered: a meadow season

Here endeth the second field season of my PhD, researching some fabulous floodplain meadows in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. I was fortunate to be able to complete a full field season this year after being curtailed by lockdowns in 2020. This year my research has been hung, drawn and quartered, which wasn’t nearly as painful asContinue reading “Hung, Drawn and Quartered: a meadow season”

17th Sep 2021

Burnet and Blue

Burnet: A most precious herb, the continual use of it preserves the body in health and the spirit in vigour. Culpeper Great burnet (Sanguisorba officianalis) is a stately denizen of our floodplain meadows – a larger cousin to the more diminutive salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) that you might find in upland calcareous grasslands or asContinue reading “Burnet and Blue”

6th Aug 20219th Aug 2021