Tree felling in Dalkeith

I came to Scotland from the Netherlands to do an internship with the Scottish Wildlife Trust from February until April and I was placed with Eddie in Dalkeith. We would

A month on Eigg

I am currently on a year long placement with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, which has been funded by Erasmus+.  I am usually based in Inverness with Michelle but for the

Watching over ospreys at Loch of the Lowes

I became involved with Osprey Watch after volunteering at the Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre during the summer of 2018. I’ve always enjoyed watching wildlife and I was enthusiastic

Fiiish!

Just a quick note to say that at 16:45 a fish was brought in by LM12 to the nest. LF15 and the chicks have consumed the majority of it in

The Famous Scots Pine at Loch of the Lowes

Perthshire is known as Big Tree Country and the mixed woodland bordering Loch of the Lowes is rich with magnificent examples of mature silver birch, oak and Scots Pine. Scots

Bombing Bee flies

Following on from last week’s post on St Mark’s flies, Flyday, Saturday we’ve spotted another fly species here at the Falls of Clyde, which has a rather interesting life-cycle. Bee-flies are

Sad news

Sadly, and unexpectedly, our youngest chick died last night at around 8:30pm. It appears to have become stuck on the edge of the nest and was then stepped on by

Time flies when you’re having fun!

It’s hard to believe that our eight week run of Osprey Watch is at an end! It’s been quite a ride. We’ve nervously waited for our breeding male LM12 to

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