My Year of Birdlife at Montrose Basin
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Twelve months ago, I became a volunteer for the Scottish Wildlife Trust here at Montrose Basin. In this post I would like to share my experiences of the more unusual …
Winter time at Loch of the Lowes
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On 1st November, Loch of the Lowes moved into winter mode! Our opening times now are 10.30am-4pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday with slightly lower admission charges during these short, dark …
Living Cities: Overstep the line
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The Trust’s Living Cities publication outlines practical actions that can be taken to embed nature into the urban environment. Deryck Irving, Acting Chief Executive of the Central Scotland Green Network Trust …
Is winter the best time to visit Montrose Basin?
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From the 1st of November, the Montrose Basin Visitor Centre will be moving onto its ‘winter hours’, which ends on the 10th of February 2020. This means that instead of …
Bats and Halloween
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Bats have long had an associated with the festival of Halloween. But why do these harmless furry flying mammals conjure up such notions of the supernatural? There are a number …
A little break while volunteering
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Scotland, what a wonderful country! I always find ways to be amazed by this country, people and landscapes. I’ve been volunteering with the Scottish Wildlife Trust for six months now …
A summer internship in Ayrshire
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Throughout my internship I’ve gradually settled into the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s routine, even though we tend to do different things every week. I have a new found appreciation on the …
Bee-education
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On a crisp and sunny morning, myself Nick and Catherine of the Scottish Wildlife Trust People and Wildlife Team headed out of Edinburgh to Fife to visit Burntisland Primary School …
Poetry and Mindfulness on World Mental Health Day
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Today- the 10th of October- is World Mental Health Day. It’s a chance to raise awareness of mental health but also a chance to check-in with ourselves and those around …
Wellbeing and walking: finding new routes
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It’s widely accepted that interacting with nature can improve your mental health. In this guest article, Graham Morgan describes his personal experiences of this to mark World Mental Health Day …