Summer Badger Watches
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A definite highlight for me this year has been running the badger watches at the Falls of Clyde and spending time sitting quietly near the sett observing the badgers as …
The most disliked moth?
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Over the past few weeks visitors to the Falls of Clyde have been getting in touch concerned about a certain little caterpillar whose food plant is the bird cherry. This …
Victorian Grand Tour
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If you are interested in the history of New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde, curious about what was happening on the reserve 150 years ago, or just looking for a …
Go badger watching and see sparrowhawks as well!
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Last week I took a group of folk on one of our luxury badger watches. It was a stiflingly hot evening and was still well over twenty degrees when we …
Amazing Amphibians!
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Following on from Laura’s amphibian blog last week I thought I would share my own experience of dragon hunting! Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a training course …
Goosander chicks!
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The lovely thing about having an office that looks out on the river is the wildlife that you get to see on a daily basis. I was having a rather …
Interviews and Egg Recovery
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The peregrine watch site has now been closed since Sunday meaning the end to another season of monitoring our resident pair, but the story did not finish there! The peregrines …
Peregrine watch closed but story is not over yet…
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The peregrine watch site has now closed for the season. Unfortunately, it has been a repeat of last years story; with the falcon laying only one egg (normally 3-4) in …
Everything but peregrine chicks
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We’ve had everything but peregrine chicks at the watch site today. From blue tit chicks calling in the nest box, a recently fledged wren on the shed roof and baby …
Searching for dragons…
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At the beginning of the year Froglife started the Scottish Dragon Finder project. Scottish Dragon Finder aims to reach as many people as possible across Scotland, giving people the chance …