The most disliked moth?
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Over the past few weeks visitors to the Falls of Clyde have been getting in touch concerned about a certain little caterpillar whose food plant is the bird cherry. This …
Summer Wonders
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Your ranger has welcomed three new residential volunteers to her team recently – welcome aboard Rebecca, Charlotte and Christos ! These stalwarts will be working full time with Emma this …
Much Ado About Mothing
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With National Moth Night 2014 fast approaching what better time is there to champion these underrated nocturnal wonders? Often the first question that needs to be answered when speaking about …
Osprey News 1st July
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Our ospreys are continuing to use the nest for some portion of each day and there have been regular fish deliveries by the male to his partner there too. Otherwise …
Wildlife News 30th June
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We’ve been treated to a run of really good weather lately here at Loch of the Lowes and all our wildlife and birds in particular have really appreciated it. There …
Victorian Grand Tour
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If you are interested in the history of New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde, curious about what was happening on the reserve 150 years ago, or just looking for a …
Reserve Sightings
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While we have a few waders that remain at Montrose all year round, predominantly Oystercatchers and Curlew, the numbers of other species drop dramatically in the spring and summer months …
Osprey Eggs 27th June
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The osprey eggs which were removed from the nest yesterday for examination are fascinating . Not only are they different shapes- one is distinctively elongated , whereas the other …
Go badger watching and see sparrowhawks as well!
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Last week I took a group of folk on one of our luxury badger watches. It was a stiflingly hot evening and was still well over twenty degrees when we …
Osprey Diary 26th June
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Our ospreys have now incubated their unsuccessful eggs for a staggering 74days to no avail. This shows just shows how remarkably persistent and dedicated they are as parents and just how …