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Each summer, butterfly transects are carried out at the reserve to establish which species are around and in what abundance. This is one of my favourite jobs as a ranger, …
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Each summer, butterfly transects are carried out at the reserve to establish which species are around and in what abundance. This is one of my favourite jobs as a ranger, …
The volunteer trainee ranger team have been discovering some of the smaller and often over looked flying creatures that frequent the reserve. Toby Green and Ross Newham have very kindly …
If you’ve been walking through the reserve lately on a hot sunny day you might have seen some of the butterfly species that live here. 12 different species of butterfly …
July is traditionally a quiet month on the Basin with not much happening. The past month, however, has been anything but quiet; with waders starting to return after the breeding …
Come and join our ranger team in taking a closer look at moths: The mysterious visitors in the night. Many people are afraid of moths or just annoyed with them …
The following is an article which was originally written back in March 2010. One of the great pleasures of beach-combing is the possibility that something new and unexpected will appear …
The month started very early with our Dawn Chorus taking place at 5.30am on Sunday 1st May and those of us to managed to scrape ourselves out of bed were …
April is always an exciting time in the birdwatching calendar at Montrose Basin, with the last of the winter migrants heading off, summer migrants arriving back and if we’re lucky, …
Yesterday was an excellent day at Montrose Basin. Throughout the day sandwich terns and an osprey were seen fishing on the reserve and the feeders around the Centre were visited by …