LF15 lays first egg of the season
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Female osprey LF15 laid her first egg of the season at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire yesterday evening. With 2019 marking 50 years …
Upcycled island provides new roost for waterfowl
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Volunteers have launched an upcycled floating platform for ducks and other water birds at Oldhall Ponds Wildlife Reserve in Irvine. One hundred plastic bottles, a discarded pallet and a fishing …
Ospreys reunite at Loch of the Lowes
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The resident ospreys at Loch of Lowes have begun their fifth season together following the arrival of female osprey LF15 at 17:47 on Saturday. Shortly after LF15’s arrival her mate …
First osprey of 2019 arrives at Loch of the Lowes
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The first osprey has arrived at Loch of Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire, as the Trust celebrates 50 years of osprey conservation at the reserve. LM12 touched down on the …
Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve named reserve of the year by Countryfile Magazine
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The Trust’s Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve on the edge of New Lanark in South Lanarkshire has won the title of reserve of the year in the 2019 BBC Countryfile …
Shot beaver found dead on wildlife reserve
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The Trust is calling for the urgent introduction of legal protection for Scotland’s beavers following the discovery of a dead beaver on a wildlife reserve in Tayside. Examination of the …
Conservation holidays on the Isle of Eigg
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The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is offering a series of new Conservation Working Holiday opportunities on the island, where volunteers can spend a week working in the island’s new …
Bringing in the heavies
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Shetland cattle have been introduced to Petershill Wildlife Reserve near Bathgate in West Lothian to help maintain important habitats. These hardy cattle graze and trample fast-growing grasses and prevent grassland …
Vote for Falls of Clyde to win Countryfile Magazine’s Reserve of the Year 2019
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Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve near New Lanark is one of five sites in the UK shortlisted by Countryfile Magazine as Nature Reserve of the Year 2019. The winner will be …
Lend a helping hand on Handa Island this summer
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More than 50 volunteers are being recruited to help our ranger look after one of Scotland’s busiest breeding seabird colonies this year. Handa Island lies a few miles off the …