Bog Day 2021: Raising the ‘bog standard’ at Cander Moss
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To mark Bog Day 2021, we take a closer look at Cander Moss, one of our reserves in Lanarkshire, where we are working to improve the health of this important habitat.
LR2 fledges
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As many of you will have noticed we’re back to occasionally having an empty nest again! Yes it’s that time of year. Both of the osprey chicks have fledged the …
We have lift off!
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It has been an exciting time here at Loch of the Lowes, watching our two Osprey chicks hatch and grow over the last couple of months. From watching them start …
What fledgling am I seeing in my garden?
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Summer is officially here, and for the past few weeks we’ve been enjoying seeing a whole variety of recently fledged birds around the visitor centre. So many, in fact, that …
30 Days Wild in June at St Bartholomew’s Nursery
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30 Days Wild is an annual campaign by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, to encourage people to complete one random act of wildness and connect with nature each day in June. …
Meet our newly ringed osprey chicks LR1 and LR2
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Tuesday dawned bright and sunny, with little to no wind – the perfect day to ring our two rapidly growing chicks. Keith Brockie, a local licensed and highly experienced raptor …
Five June wildflowers to spot at the Falls of Clyde
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June brings out the early summer wildflowers at the Falls of Clyde. Here are five to spot on your next visit to the reserve.
It’s time to recognise our?economy is embedded in nature?
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Ahead of this week’s G7 Summit the world-renowned economist Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta called for a new global institution, similar to the World Bank or IMF, that would manage the …
In celebration of Handa Island’s great skuas
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Pirate. Bully. Villain. These three words have become synonymous with the great skua, one of the summer residents on Handa Island Wildlife Reserve and a part of many other seabird …
‘Flying fishermen’: the key features that help ospreys hunt
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You don’t gain the nickname ‘flying fisherman’ without being up for the job. Ospreys have a number of features which help them succeed as an apex predator. Here are some …