Come and visit our Wildlife Garden
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Over the last few days we have seen our first Chiffchaff, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and first Butterfly of the year. The flowering Wood Anemone and Lesser Celandine is starting to form …
First egg of the year!
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We’re delighted to have our first egg of the season. LF15 gave us a glimpse of the egg at around 3:45 this morning. A couple of hours later LM12 came …
Ready and Waiting
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LM12 and LF15 atop their favourite perch © Mark Westgarth Photography Our male osprey, LM12, has been kept busy these past few days trying to get our female, LF15, …
How does frogspawn cope with the cold weather?
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There have been a lot of enquiries about frogspawn recently with people saying they haven’t seen any this year and wondering whether the frogs may be laying later because of …
Now you see me, now you don’t…
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Over the past week we have been catching fleeting glimses of a pine marten in the feeding station. Pine martens are roughly the size of house cats and are related …
When is the best time to visit Montrose Basin?
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One of the most common questions we get at the Montrose Basin Visitor Centre is “when is the best time to visit?” And unfortunately we’re never able to give a …
Osprey Watch Species Protection Officers
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Over the weekend our new team of Species Protection Officers have been settling into the bothy ready to start the round the clock Osprey Protection Programme supported by players of …
What happens to a tree when it ages?
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It is amazing to think that some of the trees alive in the UK today could have been around for thousands of years. The Fortingall Yew, which is located in …
Time for change in Scottish salmon farming
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Salmon farming in Scotland has been under the spotlight for several years now, with worrying reports of mass salmon mortality and damaging impacts on marine life. In response, the Scottish …