Falls of Clyde Highlight of the week: Halloween
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This weekend the Clyde room has been filled with kids since Friday evening. We’ve had 6 events over the last 3 days. One Friday, three Saturday and two Sunday. All …
Six things to do this autumn
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Autumn is a wonderful time of year to be outside exploring in the woods, once all the leaves begin to drop off the trees you begin to see all sorts …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the Week: Mice in the office
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Last week was my holiday and when I came back this week, Laura Preston, our Ranger, had had mice running all over her desk. The paw prints were very clear. …
Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve is 10 years old
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The Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve is ten years old this year and one of only 41 National Nature Reserves (NNRs) in Scotland. It is also the only composite …
Protect yourself this Halloween – Plant a rowan tree
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As Halloween approaches, I thought we might all need a little protection from all those ghosts, witches and evil spirits that lurk at this time of year don’t you think! …
Autumnal Wildlife Adventures With the Clyde and Avon Valley Wildlife Campaign 2017
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Keep the kids occupied as the days grow shorter, with some fun and free woodland adventures as part of the Clyde and Avon Valley Wildlife Campaign. Offering prizes for …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the week: Mushrooms
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Mushroom season has begun. In general this has been a good year for foraging mushrooms since it has been very wet – the kind of weather the fungi loves. I …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the week: Geocaching
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The best thing that happened this week was putting out a Geocache. I’ve been Geocaching for a couple of years now and I think it is a fun way to …
Take the walks that inspired famous art in the Clyde and Avon Valleys
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Six FREE Local Landscape Hero walks, offering fascinating insight into the local landscape which inspired famous artworks, are taking place from September until November. The CAVLP Heritage Local Landscape Heroes …
Falls of Clyde Highlight of the week: Charcoal
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This week our new big project was trying to make our very own charcoal. It is a quite interesting process. The goal is to cook the wood that needs to …