Summer Badger Watches
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A definite highlight for me this year has been running the badger watches at the Falls of Clyde and spending time sitting quietly near the sett observing the badgers as …
Go badger watching and see sparrowhawks as well!
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Last week I took a group of folk on one of our luxury badger watches. It was a stiflingly hot evening and was still well over twenty degrees when we …
Wildlife sightings galore!
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There is something very satisfying about identifying things. From the song on the radio to that bird chirping in next doors garden. I can name most things that turn up …
Citizen scientists needed for Project Splatter
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This week I wanted to tell you about Project Splatter! You might think it was an art related project but in fact it is about roadkill. We have loads of …
Stop badgering me!
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Over the past few weeks we have been undertaking some rather important work on creating a new badger viewing area. We’ve been watching badgers at the current viewing area for …
Final Badger Watches of 2013
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Our badger watches at the Falls of Clyde are back by popular demand! As there have been so many people asking whether there would be any spaces on these events …
Reporting dead badgers
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A volunteer recently phoned me about a dead badger she had seen on the side of the road. She thought someone should know about it but didn’t necessarily know who …
Birthday present number 5
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Join us in celebrating the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve’s 5th Birthday! The final free event, to commemorate the five years of being a National Nature Reserve, is the …
Sunshine and showers
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This is a phrase we are certainly used to hearing from the weather forecasters this summer. Sometimes it’s just been showers without the sunshine too. A soggy summer has been …
Mind where you step
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There are signs of badger activity all over the reserve at the moment. One thing you may want to watch out for are the latrines (toilets) that the badgers use. …