Designer wings….
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Visitors to the Montrose Basin will have noticed that, while the summer birds are still here, our winter visitors have already started to appear. Along with our residential species, these …
Birthday present number 2
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Join us in celebrating the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve’s 5th Birthday! The second free event of five, to commemorate the five years of being a National Nature Reserve, …
Wildlife Diary Thursday August 30th
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What a 24hrs of weather, with brilliant sunshine today but yesterday afternoon we had the most amazing thunderstorm at around 5pm: A black sky, deafening thunder, torrential rain ( flash …
Webcam still down
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Morning everyone Our webcam is still not working after yesterday’s huge thunderstorm, we’re trying to reboot it at the moment but if that doesn’t work it could be out of action …
Beautiful and beneficial
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One of the flowers that is blooming around the reserve at the moment is black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), often referred to as common knapweed. It is easily confused with types …
Wildlife Diary Tues 28th August
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Our young Osprey Blue 44 is certainly being spoilt by his father who is still providing food- at the grand old age of 14 weeks and a day, this chick …
Sunshine and showers
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This is a phrase we are certainly used to hearing from the weather forecasters this summer. Sometimes it’s just been showers without the sunshine too. A soggy summer has been …
Wildlife Diary Sunday 26th August
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Well we think Blue 44 has had another go at fishing as he was drying his wings for a long time this afternoon. His dad is still providing good size …
Birthday present number 1
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Join us in celebrating the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve’s 5th Birthday! The first free event of five, to commemorate the five years of being a National Nature Reserve, …
Wildlife Diary Friday 24th August
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There’s been a fair amount of activity today with both Blue 44 and his dad flying around and an intruder female being seen off by the male (well sort of …