Discovering the History of some of Montrose Basin’s Birds
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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
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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
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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…
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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
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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
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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?
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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 …
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Local Group photography competition
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Early in 2018 the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire local group was fortunate to find it had a reasonable sum of money available to fund a project. As this …
Weekly update 15/06/2019
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This week has been a busy one for the Loch of Lowes team. In the build up to our wild weekend we’ve been out guddling about in the shallows …