The Marvellous Pea Family
Blogs
Unless you’re into your botany, you might think that the origin of the popular edible garden pea was from a small lineage of wild peas; however in reality the members …
Meet PT4 and PT5
Blogs
What a cracker of a day for the annual ringing of the young osprey chicks! The team at Lowes could not have asked for better weather; calm, warm and not …
Discovering the History of some of Montrose Basin’s Birds
Blogs
Have you ever spotted a bird in your garden that has a ring on its leg and have you wondered what this ring actually means? At Montrose Basin we often …
Life on the Loch: Otters
Blogs
The Eurasian otter is one of Britain’s most elusive mammals, but is actually present in every county in the UK. Otters are part of the “mustelid” family, which also includes …
Lowes in the summer
Blogs
We’ve had a real mix of weather at Loch of the Lowes in June. The month has brought everything from dark, wet, stormy weather to long, balmy days filled with …
Top five ways to enjoy nature on the longest day of the year…
Blogs
Today (21 June) marks the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. Happily, the forecast for the majority of Scotland is dry and it looks to be staying …
Living Cities: creating flower rich urban meadows
Blogs
The Trust’s Living Cities publication outlines practical actions that can be taken to embed nature into the urban environment. In this guest blog, Leonie Alexander from the Royal Botanic Garden …
Work experience at Jupiter
Blogs
Jupiter lives up to the urban part of its name. But although the reserve is based in an industrial area, wildlife flourishes. As I entered the reserve for the first …
Why do wagtails wag?
Blogs
Grey wagtails, Motacilla cinerea, are a daily sight here at Falls of Clyde. They are more colourful that their name suggests, with distinctive lemon yellow belly and underparts, to contrast …