LF15 lays first egg of the season
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Female osprey LF15 laid her first egg of the season at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve in Perthshire yesterday evening. With 2019 marking 50 years …
Support for threatened juniper in Perthshire
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust has received a £36,604 grant from Viridor Credits Environmental Company through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund to save threatened juniper woodland in Highland Perthshire. Eighteen hectares …
Restoring our Natural World
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In these fresh May days of sunshine and scents we see the countryside at its best. Trees in fresh foliage, wild flowers bursting into colourful displays, birds nesting . …
Meet the Perthshire Seasonal Rangers
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Now that we’re moving into summer, it’s time to welcome our new team of assistant rangers to Loch of the Lowes. Assistant rangers are a dedicated team that work alongside …
The geomorphology of the Perthshire reserves
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In the last few weeks the Ranger team have been learning about the landscape and underlying geology of our Perthshire reserves. Assistant ranger Hugh shares with us his findings following …
Juniper – a plant to be celebrated and protected
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Many of us will be familiar with the aromatic taste that juniper gives one of our favourite tipples; gin, but how much do we know about the plant the berries …
Beating the bulge and the winter blues
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Happy New Year and welcome 2018. Many of us have over indulged over the Christmas period and some of us start the New Year with resolutions such as healthy eating …
Beaver engineering
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Whilst working on a reserve this week I came across the signs of beaver activity. In this picture you can see how the beavers have coppiced this stand of small …