Some rare treats for a bird-watcher!
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Last week we continued some much-needed work on our paths, particularly on parts of our Woodland Trail (shown with blue arrows on way-markers in the Reserve). After one hard day …
Have you ever seen inside Corra Castle? Now’s your chance!
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Join the Scottish Wildlife Trust Ranger on Monday 22nd August, 6.30pm – 8.30pm, for a guided walk around the Corehouse Estate including exclusive entry into Corra Castle. This building is …
A brilliant summer of badger-watching
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So far, we have had a great summer of watching Falls of Clyde’s resident badgers. I have had the pleasure of leading over a dozen Badger Watches this year and, …
Volunteers to map the historic ‘Fruit Basket of Scotland’
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Volunteers are being sought to secure the future of South Lanarkshire’s traditional orchards through the Orchard Mapping Project, taking place between August and November of this year.
Bubbling rivers and spectacular waterfalls
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Scottish Power have opened the weir gates up at Bonnington Weir for a couple of weeks as they have turned off some of their systems, to carry out some important …
A cacophony of calls near Corra Castle
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Our team of hard-working volunteers were doing some path scraping on the Corehouse side of the river recently. After the wet weather we had not long ago, the paths had …
Weather, wildflowers and winged insects
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What a week of weather! Rain, sunshine and some pretty dramatic thunder and lightning. I suspected that, after copious amounts of sun and rain, the plant life along our Wildflower …
I saw a pine marten! (but not at the Falls of Clyde)
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Recently, I have been volunteering my time with Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS). SSRS is a partnership project led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. It’s a project to stop the …
The Forest Kings and Queens of Chatelherault
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As work continues to remove 20 hectares of non-native woodland from the High Parks of Chatelherault, an ancient Iron Age, Roman and Early Medieval landscape is being rediscovered by volunteer …