Nature is thriving and Spring fairs are arriving
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With a beautiful rainbow over Lanark greeting me on Tuesday morning, I knew it was going to be a great week… and it certainly didn’t disappoint. We had a bittersweet …
Walking the Kinytre Way (and a trip to Arran)
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Last week I went on a little adventure to the Kintyre Peninsula, I had originally planned to walk the Kinytre Way – a 100-mile route walking through some of Kintyre’s …
Sun, snow and surveys!
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Whether rain, snow or shine, the ranger team have been out on the reserve this week doing a variety of tasks. Accompanying this has been the usual array of beautiful …
Breeding birds in un-Spring-like weather
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At this time of year, the spring air is full of the sounds of countless birds calling and singing. Males are vying with each other for the best territory and …
Did you know that there are such things as wild daffodils?
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Recently the team has been on a wild daffodil hunt here at the Falls of Clyde. Wild daffodils have been introduced into Scotland but are native to England and Wales. …
Spring is here and so are some of our wild flowers – Part 2
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As the days go by more of our wild flowers are appearing along the sides of the boardwalk, including: Great wood-rush, Cuckoo Flower, Pink Purslane, Moschatel, Blackthorn and Dog Violet.
Spring is here and so are some of our wildflowers – Part 2
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As the days go by more of our wild flowers are appearing along the sides of the boardwalk, including: Great wood-rush, Cuckoo Flower, Pink Purslane, Moschatel, Blackthorn and Dog Violet.
Springing into the team in Spring
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Hello from the new intern! I’m Lori and will be completing this blog fortnightly, interchanged with posts from Susanne. Only two weeks ago I was in the Brazilian Atlantic forest conducting a research …
A bigger team for bigger results
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We’ve been very busy here at the Falls of Clyde of late and I am now happy to say we have our full complement of seasonal staff and volunteer placements. …
Have you ever walked along the Clyde Walkway?
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This week I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely couple, Dave and Dot who are walking from Lands End to John o’Groats. They have walked over 800 miles in …