How do birds survive winter storms?
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With all this harsh weather we’ve been having, it is hard not to worry about our feathered friends. So how do they survive our winter storms? Firstly, we need to …
Volunteering with Marine Conservation Society
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Last week I wrote about how I was hoping to see an otter and lo and behold, I saw one on Saturday evening near Skirling. So next I think I …
Kirkyard Tales: The Butcher, The Baker The Candlestick Maker
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Help exhume secrets of souls laid to rest at St Ninian’s Kirkyard, Stonehouse, by volunteering to take part in a FREE archaeological project on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February.
How to become an otter spotting expert
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I hope everyone has been enjoying the fair weather we have been having; it has been so wonderful to feel the warm sun on my face after so many grey …
Dig into Chatelherault’s Mining Past in 2016
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Blink and you’d miss the signpost to ‘Hoolet Raw’ – the only visible trace of what was once a row of miners’ cottages and named after the owls once residing …
Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Top 5 Woodland Reserves!
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Last week I wrote about Shinrin-yoku, or the art of forest bathing. I hope you found it interesting! I am sure many of you have made the New Year’s resolution …
Make 2016 the year for forest bathing (aka Shinrin-yoku)
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The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku translates as “forest bathing”. It refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away …
New Year, New You? Volunteering in the Valleys
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Get fitter, get out and about or learn a new skill. If any of these sound like your new years’ resolutions for 2016, then look no further than the volunteering …
A folktale about Mistletoe
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In ancient times, Frigga, Nordic goddess of beauty, gave birth to her son, Baldur at the end of winter solstice. Frigga’s talent was that she could divine the fates of men …
Help Save Our Bees!
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This week I am calling on you all to help save our bees. The EU is currently reviewing a two-year ban introduced in December 2013 restricting the use of three …