Wildlife watching in Autumn
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September is officially the start of autumn in the UK and with the earlier nights and slight chill in the air it’s easy to start thinking about staying indoors, drinking …
Reserve Sightings
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At this time of year the Pink-footed Geese aren’t the only birds that we keep our eyes (and ears) peeled for. We also regularly watch a perch located in the …
Reserve Sightings
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This week’s reserve sightings couldn’t be written without mentioning the low rainbow seen over Montrose on Thursday. Caused by the reflection and refraction of light in water droplets, they allow …
Where would you hibernate if you were a hedgehog?
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At this time of year it seems lots of people are thinking about Christmas already. One of my volunteers recently informed me that Selfridges now stock 450 different types of …
Great British Dangers
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There’s no better way to enjoy the glorious British summer than a relaxed stroll in the sun is there? Get your shorts on, take a picnic and head out into …
Wild It Yourself
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If the TV programmes, magazines, and paper articles are anything to go by then Britain has been bitten by the D.I.Y. and up-cycling bug and it’s easy enough to take …
Mud, Glorious mud
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Of all the different habitats we have at Montrose Basin the mud is definitely the most obvious. At 750 hectares (or 1500 football pitches) the sheer size of the area …
Dawn on the Loch
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Despite the disappointing realisation that we won’t have osprey chicks this year, there is still a fantastic amount to be seen at Loch of the Lowes. For the past three …
Cheeky Mink!
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Although the peregrines have not had any chicks this year the watch site is still open until the 15th of June providing some of the best views of peregrines in …
Pull the otter one!
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On Sunday afternoon I was up at the peregrine watch site and a young couple came up to me and asked a very useful question. ‘What wildlife other than peregrines …