February update: Early Signs of Spring

I hope you have all been enjoying the super moons over the last few weeks, cloud permitting. As well as having bright moonlight at night from the two full moons

Identifying sparrowhawks part 2

Following on from last week, I wanted to talk more about sparrowhawks. There is a reason that they are the most common bird of prey to visit your garden and

Alba and the artificial lodge

On a quiet wee loch in the middle of Knapdale Forest, a beaver is busy modifying the habitat to suit her needs. She was released in October after completing a

Identifying sparrowhawks part 1

Earlier in the week, one of my volunteers contacted me to say they had found a dead sparrowhawk in their garden. The sparrowhawk is one of our most widespread and

Wonderful Winter

There’s no better way to shake off the winter blues than wrapping up warm and getting out to explore nature. Wintering wildfowl gather in large numbers on our lochs, ptarmigan

Camera Trapping at Montrose

We are really lucky at Montrose Basin to be able to watch what goes on out of the window every day. Sometimes we can be distracted – it may be

Starting 2018 at Lowes

The harsh winter weather over New Year saw overnight temperatures plunge to -12C, with ‘daytime highs’ reaching a balmy -4C. The effect on the loch was stunning, the water being

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