Flying Flock touch down
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You may not know this, but here at the Scottish Wildlife Trust we have our very own flock of Hebridean and Shetland sheep which move around our reserves across Scotland …
Reserve sightings – 24/04/11
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Yesterday was an excellent day at Montrose Basin. Throughout the day sandwich terns and an osprey were seen fishing on the reserve and the feeders around the Centre were visited by …
Dawn chorus walk at Montrose
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Did you know that the first Sunday in May is International Dawn Chorus Day? Events will be held across the world and to help mark this global celebration of one …
Migrant update
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Summer migrants are certainly dropping in thick and fast here at Montrose and since my last post on returning migrants, we have had our first sightings of sandwich tern and …
WeBS – April 2011
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Co-ordinated by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) monitors waterbirds throughout the UK. Carried out on the same day once a month right across the …
Another migrant arrives
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Well, aren’t I glad I didn’t back any horses in last week’s Grand National?! Literally only a few hours after I uploaded my last post saying we hadn’t seen any …
First summer migrants arrive
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Everyone knows that “one swallow doesn’t make a summer”, however, when the first summer migrants start to reappear, you know the worst of the long, harsh winter is well and …
An introduction…
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As I will be the main person posting on the new Montrose Basin Wildlife Blog, I feel it is only right that I should tell you a wee bit about me. …
Welcome to Montrose Basin Wildlife Blog
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Welcome to the new wildlife blog for the Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve at Montrose Basin. We will post an introduction by the end of today so you can get to know …