Onwards to 2015!
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It has been a glorious week-end at Loch of the Lowes! Clear blue skies, crisp white snow and frost sparkling to the top of every tree! A perfect Christmas Card …
Nomadic redwings
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This week I have been fortunate enough to see a flock of redwings here at the Falls of Clyde reserve. There are less than ten resident breeding pairs found in …
12 days of a Montrose Basin Christmas
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12 days of a Montrose Basin Christmas To be sung with the original 12 days of Christmas tune! On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A …
A Day at Cander Moss
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Last week I took my practical group of volunteers to a different Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve for the day. Cander Moss, near Larkhall is what remains of a larger raised …
Winter Solstice & Christmas Opening
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This weekend sees the passing of the “Winter Solstice” – the astronomical phenomenon which brings the shortest day and the longest night of the year, when the sun’s daily maximum elevation in …
Volunteer with MARINElife!
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Over the weekend I popped down to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust headquarters to attend a training course held by MARINElife. MARINElife is a leading charity conserving marine wildlife through research …
Falls of Clyde – Christmas tradition
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For the past twenty years we have been providing our local primary school with a Christmas tree. I have only partaken in this tradition for four years but to me …
Feeding the birds this winter needn’t cost you the earth!
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As one of the UK’s 47 Wildlife Trusts we have a long-standing relationship with birdfood supplier Vine House Farm. Vine House grow many of the crops which go into making their products on …
Water rails at Montrose Basin Visitor Centre
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Water rail (Rallus aquaticus) Water rails are said to be one of the most elusive birds in Scotland, but with around 1,250-1,400 breeding pairs in lowland Scotland, you would think …