Let’s Walk! A Guide to the Montrose Basin Reserve Walks
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Are you longing to see a kingfisher? Would you like to see basking seals? Or, do you like to challenge yourself to identify wading birds? Well, at Montrose Basin there …
Now is the time for a Marine Stewardship Fund
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The 2019 State of Nature report and the IPCC’s : ‘The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ add to the growing amount of evidence on the concerning state of our environment, …
State of Nature Report: The silence of the seasons
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There is little ambiguity about the state of nature in Scotland. The State of Nature Report, published by more than 70 leading nature conservation organisations, sets out the grave plight …
Here’s to a bright Brocktober!
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Did you know that the name of the town of Broxburn in West Lothian translates to “brock’s burn”? Broc is the Gaelic word for badger and burn being the Scots …
Ticks and Lyme disease – what you need to know
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The warmer, wetter weather of recent years has seen ticks flourish in Scotland. As a result there has been a significant increase in cases of Lyme disease. Around one in …
Wild days in Ayrshire
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It feels like the past few months I have spent assisting the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Community Engagement Officer in Ayrshire have gone by in a flash, I have had the …
Ranger round-up: So long and thanks for all the cake
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Our time as Assistant Rangers is drawing to an end. The balsam has been pulled and the bracken has been bashed. In the last few weeks of our internship we …
Bat World – Bat Activity in Spey Bay
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In August, I had the opportunity, along with the Scottish Dolphin Centre, to lead a day with the Earth Guardians Wildlife Watch Group at Spey Bay reserve. I wanted to …
The geomorphology of the Perthshire reserves
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In the last few weeks the Ranger team have been learning about the landscape and underlying geology of our Perthshire reserves. Assistant ranger Hugh shares with us his findings following …