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Monitoring on the Morvern Peninsula
Blogs
Rahoy Hills Wildlife Reserve is one of our largest, most biodiverse reserves. It has also been one of the most extensively monitored over the last 35 years. At the heart …
Outdoor team building
Blogs
Corporate volunteering is a fun way for you or your staff to spend time outdoors undertaking physical work on one of the stunning wildlife reserves we manage. Jeremy Miles, Deputy …
Making green hay in North Ayrshire
Blogs
Since 2020, the Irvine to Girvan Nectar Network has been pioneering the successful use of green hay to transform large scale amenity greenspaces into colourful native wildflower meadows for pollinators. …
Mothing at Bankhead Moss and Fleecefaulds Meadow
Blogs
Volunteer Stephen Buckland has been identifying different species of moths at our Bankhead Moss and Fleecefaulds Meadow wildlife reserves in Fife, with 158 different species recorded on the meadow alone. …
Rahoy Hills reserve golden eagles struggle to raise chicks
Blogs
Our ranger, Steve Hardy shares his experience of monitoring a remote golden eagle’s nest on our Rahoy Hills reserve in Morven where eagles are struggling to successfully raise their young. …
Sand martin house extension
Blogs
We have extended our existing sand martin nesting house at Gailes Marsh reserve in Irvine from 48 to 100 nesting holes. Access is available to monitor all the nest boxes …
Rare water beetle continues to survive
Blogs
Fonah Bog, which forms part of our Balgavies Loch Wildlife Reserve, remains the only site in Scotland where a tiny 2 mm in size water beetle Hydroporus scalesianus has been …