WeBS – May 2011
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Yesterday afternoon we carried out the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) for May, the monthly stock-take of all the waterbirds on the Reserve. Unlike last month when the sun was splitting …
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Yesterday afternoon we carried out the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) for May, the monthly stock-take of all the waterbirds on the Reserve. Unlike last month when the sun was splitting …
Niall Currie has been working with the Scottish Wildlife Trust at Montrose Basin on a six-month contract since the start of December 2010. Here he tells us about a project he …
Montrose Basin is truly an extra special place for wildlife. You only have to look at the designations the site has to realise this. It is a Site of Special …
Fantastic news, the colony of common terns has returned to our raft! After a journey of tens of thousands of miles, the first common terns were seen back on the …
April is always an exciting time in the birdwatching calendar at Montrose Basin, with the last of the winter migrants heading off, summer migrants arriving back and if we’re lucky, …
Well, what a wonderful morning we had yesterday as we led an early morning walk around part of the reserve to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, taking members of the public …
You may not know this, but here at the Scottish Wildlife Trust we have our very own flock of Hebridean and Shetland sheep which move around our reserves across Scotland …
Yesterday was an excellent day at Montrose Basin. Throughout the day sandwich terns and an osprey were seen fishing on the reserve and the feeders around the Centre were visited by …
Did you know that the first Sunday in May is International Dawn Chorus Day? Events will be held across the world and to help mark this global celebration of one …
Summer migrants are certainly dropping in thick and fast here at Montrose and since my last post on returning migrants, we have had our first sightings of sandwich tern and …