Hen Harrier Day on Eigg
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This Eigg blog post comes from Kirsty, one of our two Conservation Volunteers for August. Here Kirsty talks about our Hen Harrier Day event. Hen Harrier Day is a nationwide …
Update from the Assistant Ranger team!
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The end of August marks the beginning of the final month of our placement as Assistant Rangers at Loch of the Lowes. Recently, we’ve been carrying out a beaver impact …
Falls of Clyde recent sightings 21st- 27th August 2017
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It has been another great week for sightings on the reserve. I’ve seen so many amazing plants and animals during my internship this summer and my last week was no …
Wildflowers and Folklore on the Isle of Eigg
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This blog post comes from our July Eigg volunteer Holly Sayer who was inspired by all the wildflowers here on Eigg. Foraging for Wildflowers and Folklore on the Isle of …
Marvellous Moths at Cander Moss
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Volunteering at the Falls of Clyde is great fun, with no two days ever being quite the same! My highlight this week was on nearby Cander Moss, where with the …
Greening your front garden – Say NO to grey!
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It has been a little while since I talked about wildlife gardening so this week I thought I’d write about greening our front gardens and why it affects more than …
Falls of Clyde recent sightings 14th- 20th August 2017
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This week we had an absolutely superb week for sightings. We had some very lucky visitors on our Badger Watch. Not only did they see one adult and one cub, …
And now there are two …
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Our male osprey chick, PH1, has set off on migration. We were about to announce his departure a few days ago but then he must have popped back – now, …
All you need to know about spotted flycatchers!
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There are some elusive birds that live on the reserve in very low numbers and are subsequently very hard to find. The spotted flycatcher is one such bird but Mike …
Fishing Ospreys at Montrose Basin
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If you visit the Montrose Basin around low tide, you may be lucky enough to see an osprey fishing for flatfish. In fact, luck might not even have to be …