Tree Felling at the Falls of Clyde – 2015
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It has been almost 20 years since the last round of fairly major woodland work was undertaken here at the Falls of Clyde wildlife reserve. This took place above the …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 11th-17th August
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Hi, Signs of autumn are slowly creeping onto the reserve with wood pigeon and stock dove eagerly perching along telegraph lines waiting for the first golden cereal grains and migratory …
Big box little box
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Hi, Over the last few months the Falls of Clyde Ranger Team have been busy putting up a number of small tit boxes in the woodland. Last week saw the …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 9th-15th June
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Hi, At the risk of sounding like the uncle or aunt you only ever meet at weddings, “Falls of Clyde you’ve grown a lot since I last saw you”. Vegetation …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 19th-25th May
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Hi, So we’ve reached my favourite time of the year when a walk through the woods produces views of fresh green leaves, bluebell and greater stitchwort form a skyscape on …
Falls of Clyde Recent Sightings 28th April-4th May
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Hi, In Laura’s latest blog she talked about the Ranger team’s search for rare plants on the reserve. This task also provided the perfect opportunity to admire some of the …
Falls of Clyde – Christmas tradition
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For the past twenty years we have been providing our local primary school with a Christmas tree. I have only partaken in this tradition for four years but to me …
Nursery Tales
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Some of the more observant among you may have realised that last week’s post was not written by the Falls of Clyde Ranger, Laura, but rather by me, a volunteer …
Hairy Hips!
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Last week I was out with a volunteer collecting seeds for planting in our tree nursery. Although it is now getting a little bit late in the year for finding …
Scottish Tree of the Year – it’s the final countdown!
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There are only days left now to register your vote for “Lady’s Tree” in the Scottish Tree of the Year 2014. The competition, organised by the Woodland Trust, aims to highlight …