July at Loch of the Lowes
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It was hot and sunny yesterday and cool and rainy today, which just about sums up the weather so far this month. Our young ospreys seem to be enjoying the …
A whistle stop tour of our tern raft!
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Imagine – it’s 8.30am and you’re walking from your car to your office, bleary eyed and coffee in hand. From nowhere comes a screeching tern from above with a sharp …
Dipper Watch at the Falls of Clyde!
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Exciting things are happening here at the Falls of Clyde! During the summer we are running a Dipper Watch event on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. For those of you who …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 26th June – 2nd July 2017
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I had a lovely sighting of a family of treecreepers while leading a Badger Watch on Saturday night. Normally when I see these quiet, unassuming birds I will only see …
Isle of Eigg 20th Anniversary Nature Walk
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This Eigg update comes from volunteer Lauren Currie who has been with us for June. The photographs are by Justine Ritchie, a photographer who has been volunteering with the Isle …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 19th-25th June 2017
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Well it has been another wonderful week for sightings. I think the highlight even though I did not see it was the reporting of a kingfisher sat just outside the …
Isle of Eigg – The Season So Far
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It has been a busy couple of months here on Eigg with surveying and events now in full swing. May saw the start of the weekly guided nature walks where …
More than just ‘seagulls’!
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Living in coastal Scotland means that gulls are a regular sighting, whether you’re at Montrose Basin or in a city. It’s easy to fall into the trap of labeling all …
Our annual nest box monitoring is nearly finished but there are still a few surprises!
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Our annual nest box monitoring programme is nearly over for this year. We do a weekly check of 24 boxes. We monitor three different types of woodland with eight boxes …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 12th-18th June 2017
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My favourite wildlife sighting this week was from our Visitor Centre window. I was closing up for the evening and took a glance out the window when I noticed a …