Osprey LM12 died of natural causes
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Postmortem results of LM12, a male osprey that bred on the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve, have revealed that the bird died of natural causes. Ospreys …
A triumphant return to the Montrose Basin reserve for common terns
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Staff at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Montrose Basin Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve are celebrating a bumper breeding year for terns. Common terns return to the Montrose Basin reserve each …
New funding awarded to nurture natural connections in Cumbernauld
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A new phase of Cumbernauld Living Landscape, an ambitious partnership initiative with an ecosystem approach to land management, is set to begin thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage …
Breeding osprey pair reunited at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
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Male osprey LM12 has returned to the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve on Wednesday 27 March at 16:38 for his 13th breeding season. His mate for …
Breeding female osprey NC0 returns early
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Female osprey NC0 has arrived back at her loch side nest on the evening of Friday 08 March at 17:52, staying on the nest for 15 minutes before flying to …
Action for Nature in Ayrshire nominated for ScottishPower Foundation Award
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Our Action for Nature in Ayrshire project, supported by the ScottishPower Foundation, was nominated in the ScottishPower Foundation Awards 2023. The project was selected in the Community Engagement category for …
Montrose’s pink-footed geese arrive early this autumn
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This year, the annual influx of pink-footed geese at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre in Angus is earlier than usual. The birds, who have …
Scottish Wildlife Trust to step back from Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre in Grangemouth, but invites interest in it becoming a community-run asset
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After 30 years running the Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre, a site owned by CalaChem in the heart of industrial Grangemouth, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has taken the difficult decision to …
Diseased larch removed at Ayr Gorge Woodlands Wildlife Reserve
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The felling and removal of diseased larch infected with Phytopthora ramorum on our Ayr Gorge Woodlands Wildlife Reserve in Ayrshire has been a complicated operation due to the location, topography …
Earliest arrival and departure of webcam ospreys
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No osprey breeding season is ever the same but for the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes wildlife reserve near Dunkeld the 2023 season started and finished sooner than …