Highland ponies at Montrose Basin
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As you may know, Montrose Basin Nature Reserve has welcomed two new inhabitants over the past month. A pair of beautiful Highland Ponies now call the Saltpans home as per …
Busy week at the Basin!
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There’s been plenty going on here at Montrose Basin over the past week! We started out on Monday, with our Balsam BBQ. Our volunteers spent a few hours out on …
A little bit on the Little Egret
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If you’ve been following us on Social Media over the past week or so, you may have seen us getting quite excited about a white bird which has been wandering …
Balsam BBQ!
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Balsam BBQ Event! 25 May 1pm – 5pm What is Himalayan Balsam? Introduced to the UK in 1839, Himalayan Balsam is now a naturalised plant, found especially on riverbanks and …
Signs of Spring – Sand Martins, Swifts and Swallows
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Don’t let the weather fool you – spring is well and truly under way, which means that our summer migrants are coming back to Montrose Basin. One such bird is …
Osprey over Montrose Basin
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Montrose Basin has been a popular area for ospreys for years! What do they eat? Virtually any fish they can carry back to land. Here, Montrose Basin, ospreys have been …
Spring in full swing
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The recent warm spell of weather here at Montrose Basin has awakened the insect life of spring. Outside the front of the Visitor Centre we have had the warming glimpses …
Wildflowers – Blog #1
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This month at Montrose Basin, we’re wild about wildflowers! We’ll be posting blogs throughout April to focussed on three rare and common wildflowers which you might see on or around …
First Tour of Montrose Basin
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Yesterday, we took a trip around Montrose Basin in order to see the estuary up close and personal. Emma, the Visitor Centre Assistant Manager, Raymond, our intern and I (David, …
First signs of spring
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One of the first plants of the year to flower are Galanthus, or snowdrops to use their common name. Flowering from January to March, these rather hardy bulbs can grow in …