Sightings summary – July 2011
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July is traditionally a quiet month on the Basin with not much happening. The past month, however, has been anything but quiet; with waders starting to return after the breeding …
Massive bee colony in the visitor centre
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Our resident bee colony here in the visitor centre has been described by local expert and hive owner as the largest colony of its type that he has ever seen. Brian …
Moth Madness – 25th August
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Come and join our ranger team in taking a closer look at moths: The mysterious visitors in the night. Many people are afraid of moths or just annoyed with them …
Wildlife Blog 27th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 9.00am – Nest empty. 9.21am – Male returns to nest with stick then flies off. 9.35am – Female calling on nest. 10.19am …
Wildlife Blog 25th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 9.00am – Female at the nest 12.52pm – Male at the nest, moved large stick from centre of nest to left hand …
Shoreline find
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The following is an article which was originally written back in March 2010. One of the great pleasures of beach-combing is the possibility that something new and unexpected will appear …
Wildlife Blog 22nd July 2011
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Events from the nest today: This morning the female was on the nest until 9:45am when two intruder ospreys were seen nearby, she then began alarm calling and left to …
Wildlife Blog 20th July 2011
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Good afternoon all, Events from the nest today: 09:00 – Female on nest. 10:55 – Female leaves nest. 10:56 – Female returns to nest, calling. 11:50 – Female leaves nest. …
Osprey egg fertility update!!
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Good news!!! – the eggs we retrieved from the osprey nest were fertile. Initial results from tests on the eggs have shown that the eggs definitely had started to form. …
Watch badgers at the Falls of Clyde
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The human visitors to the reserve might be grateful for good weather but some of our resident wildlife might not be so pleased! Badgers can eat up to 200 earthworms …