Role description: Learn to identify and help monitor dragonfly species at Stover Country Park over a 3 year period
When: Between May 2023 and September 2025
Where: Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6QG
Commitment: Available 1 day per month on 6 occasions each year, May-Sept 2023 – 2025
(A 3 year commitment ideally required)
Positions available: 12
Supported by: British Dragonfly Society and Restoring Stover Park – Community Engagement Officer
Tasks and activities:
- To attend a training day to gain knowledge of Stover’s dragonfly and damselfly species and monitoring techniques
- To assist in monitoring and recording the dragonfly and damselfly populations at Stover Country Park through observations at the water’s edge
Training and Skills Received:
- Identification and survey training from a renowned Dragonfly expert.
- Experience in surveying species in the field.
- Receive a years free membership for the British Dragonfly Society.
Personal qualities and experience:
- 16-25 years old, living in the Newton Abbot area
- Good attention to small detail
- Commitment to the whole 3-year project
- Willingness and interest to learn
- Interest in wildlife
- Ability to travel to / from Stover Country Park independently
- Physically able to access the uneven terrain next to the water
This post is part of the Restoring Stover Park project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund
Access to all relevant equipment will be provided, including binoculars and camera. Reasonable expenses may be claimed
If you would like to know more, or are keen to get involved, please contact the team at restoringstoverpark@devon.gov.uk or phone 01626 835236
