An eye opening experience
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Since the beginning of May my eyes have been opened to a whole variety of new wildlife I never even knew existed. Different species of bumblebee have different coloured tails, …
What’s this 30 Days Wild everyone keeps talking about?
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Can you make room for nature this June? No matter how busy your life or where you are – make June the month to do something wild every day! The …
Contribute to bumblebee conservation through citizen science
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This week our new intern Vicki and I spent a day in Edinburgh at the Sustrans office learning all about Bumblebees with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. This was a really …
A brief introduction to learning bird song
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Learning bird song at this time of year can be incredibly daunting. Birds don’t just have a song, they also have alarm calls and contact calls. The males (and some …
Seeing Badgers for the first time
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Due to their rather nocturnal nature and the fact they can be quite secretive and prone to disturbance it’s no surprise that a lot of people have never seen badgers …
How to encourage bumblebees to nest in your garden
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It’s that time of year when we see lots of queen bumblebees zigzagging around the place looking for a home to build a nest. Nest sites can be roughly broken …
How far do our birds migrate?
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This week the Falls of Clyde hosted a BTO training event looking at how to identify birds by sight and sound. The presenter Scott was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and …
How to collect birch sap and what to use it for
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It’s been a while since I’ve done a post about foraging but this week Reserves Manager for South Scotland – Steve Blow has been experimenting with collecting birch sap from …
Woodland wildflower trail and singing birds
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Walking around the reserve at this time of the year is a wonderful experience as it seems to be coming alive as the birds sing, the bees buzz and the …
A new fungi find for the Falls of Clyde and southern Scotland!
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A few weeks ago Elaine Rainey the Badgers in the Landscape Project Officer with the charity Scottish Badgers, was out on the reserve with a group of volunteers. They were …