Ranger Round Up- The ‘Heart of Scotland’ Project
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As well as working on our personal projects and bashing away at invasive species, we’ve spent a lot of time over the past few weeks working with our partners from …
Ranger Round Up – Tackling Invasive Species
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Recently we’ve been getting to grips with different surveys for our personal projects along with tackling more balsam and bracken. We’ve practised carrying out and perfecting the methodologies for beaver …
Big Climate Conversation
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In the coming months and years, we will all be seeing a great deal more about the Climate Crisis affecting our planet. Humans are an intelligent species and with scientists …
How ospreys find their way from Scotland to Africa
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The ospreys are off! PT4 and PT5 have now started their first journey to West Africa where they will spend at least the next two years of their life. It …
My time at Loch of the Lowes
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Hello there, everyone. On the 16th of August I will leave Loch of the Lowes, I will have been a Visitor Centre Assistant at Lowes for a full year. I …
Ospreys have left?
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A brief update – our ospreys have gone . . . we think! It is always a very difficult call to make, especially with frequent intruder ospreys visiting Lowes, but …
Controlling American mink at Loch of the Lowes
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What does 20th Century fashion have to do with wildlife conservation at Loch of the Lowes? Meet the American mink (Neovison vison): Mink are semi-aquatic predators from the mustelid family, …
Invasive Garden Escapes
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Arrays of colourful, fragrant and exotic plants are often displayed in peoples’ gardens, creating a tranquil escape for their cultivators and attracting a monopoly of wildlife. But what happens when …
Osprey Update
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Our young osprey are keeping us on our toes! Yesterday, PT4 was in evidence all day, either perched up on the silver birches, flying around or sitting on the nest …
Ranger Round-Up; Invasives, Thunderstorms and Poldark!
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No two days in the life of an assistant ranger are the same. Each day throws something new at us which means it never gets boring! We’ve spent a lot …