The sound of October
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In September I was away from the visitor centre quite a lot. When I came back at the end of it, a nice surprise awaited me, the first geese had …
Help quench a thirst for Clyde Valley apple juice
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The Clyde Valley Orchards Cooperative (CVOC) are looking for people to donate unused apples from their orchards to meet demand for their increasingly popular apple juice. Crops from group members …
What’s happening at the Falls of Clyde
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Normally the season tends to quiet down after the summer holidays when all the children are back at school, but down here at the Falls of Clyde we have been …
Where has the Small Tortoiseshell gone?
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It may have come to your attention over the past few days in our national news, the plight of some of Scotland’s butterflies. After two rather wet summers our Peacock …
Volunteers sought to join the new Mauldslie Woods Volunteering Team
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Fancy some good healthy exercise while also helping manage and maintain local woodland, then why not volunteer for the new Mauldslie Woods Volunteering Team? September sees the start of a …
Malta through the telephoto lens
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This coming Sunday from 2-3pm we have the latest in our series of summer talks. Maltese EVS volunteer and bird photographer, Chris Cachia Zammit, shares his birding experiences on the island through …
A cacophony of calls near Corra Castle
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Our team of hard-working volunteers were doing some path scraping on the Corehouse side of the river recently. After the wet weather we had not long ago, the paths had …
Working outside
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I like to be outside since my childhood. With my family, we often had trips to the surrounding area of Budapest. I guess, my interest for nature started that time …
Pondamonium!
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Here at Montrose Basin we’re all about the mud, and rightly so – in which case why on earth am I about to sing the praises of our dipping pond? …
Golden opportunity with Glorious Gardens
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Interested in protecting historic designed landscapes in the Clyde and Avon Valley for generations to come?