Otter watching at Falls of Clyde
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The return of the otter to waterways across the country is one of the UK’s modern conservation success stories. They were driven to near extinction in some areas between the …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the Week: My Internship
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Today is my last day as an intern. It is with a mix of joy and sadness that I go home tomorrow. I have got some great knowledge and cool …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the week: Annual Bird Box Checks
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Every year we need to clean out the bird boxes around the park. The reason is that the nest will be a great home for fleas and parasites. They will …
What are King Alfred’s Cakes?
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On Sunday evening I managed to catch the end of Countryfile and they had a gentleman on the show talking about King Alfred’s Cakes. The name King Alfred’s Cakes is …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the Week: New Pond
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This week has for me been all about wildlife gardening. I’m working on some information panels that will be put up in the tree nursery as soon as I finish, …
Planting an edible hedgerow
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Winter is the perfect time to plant trees and this week I wanted to write about edible hedgerows that are great for wildlife and great for us to! If you …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the Week: Snowman Bird Feeder
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This week and some of last week has been all about making snowman bird feeders. Well, rather preparing the parts for snowman bird feeders. We have an event coming up …
Introducing our new Winter Tree Identification self-guided trail!
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Exciting things are happening at the Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve this week! We are launching our brand new Winter Tree Identification self-guided trail which will be ready for the …
A new species record at Falls of Clyde – Long-eared owl!
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Whilst out with the volunteers this week we had a rather interesting discovery; nestled under a large Douglas fir tree we spotted a dead long-eared owl. Having never seen one …
Did you know over 200,000 sky lanterns are sold in the UK each year?
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Did you know over 200,000 sky lanterns (also known as Chinese lanterns) are sold in the UK each year? Chinese lanterns consist of a paper-covered wire or bamboo frame and …