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A blizzard of butterflies – “an incredible day” counting northern brown argus
The northern brown argus, at this time of year, is in its twilight months as a hungry caterpillar. The larvae will begin to pupate in May and emerge as butterflies to brighten up small patches of the Scottish countryside through … Continue reading
Bringing butterflies and bees back to Skolie Burn SSSI
Since starting a Community Woodland group, Ian Records’ life has changed completely – dropping leaflets, knocking on doors, writing up woodland management plans and doing flower surveys. Here, he tells how a protected area can galvanise a local community to take action to improve their local area for people and wildlife. Continue reading
Posted in Access, bees, biodiversity, citizen science, Community engagement, conservation, Ecology, Flowers, Insects, Land management, meadow, Orchids, plants, Projects, Scotland's Protected Places, SNH, SSSI, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wild flowers
Tagged bees, butterflies, citizen science, Community Groups, Edinburgh, grassland, meadows, nature, Orchids, pollinators, regeneration, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Site of special scientific interest, Skolie Burn, SNH, SSSI, UK, wild flowers, woodland regeneration
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Find autumn gold in Scotland’s National Nature Reserves
Autumn, with its depth of colour and light, is a fantastic season to get out and explore our mountains, forests and coasts, especially if you’re looking for ideas to get the kids active during the school break. Scotland’s wonderful National … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll National Nature Reserves, beaches, Beinn Eighe NNR, Birds, coastal, deer, Flanders Moss NNR, Glasdrum NNR, green health, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, mushrooms, National Nature Reserves, Natural Health Service, Noss National Nature Reserve, photography, Rum NNR, Scotland's Protected Places, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Taynish NNR, The Flow Country, trees, Uncategorized, woodlands
Tagged autumn, berries, birds, butterflies, coastline, deer, Fungi, geese, mushrooms, National Nature Reserve, NNRs, red squirrels, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shetland, SNH, stag, VisitScotland, waders, wildfowl, winter
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Trick or treat?
Stuck for ideas for your Halloween costume? You could do worse than seek inspiration from the masters of disguise that inhabit the natural world all around us. Many of our insects and pollinators have evolved a variety of weird and … Continue reading
Posted in Insects
Tagged butterflies, camouflage, caterpillars, Halloween, hoverflies, mimicry, pollinators, zombie fungus
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Pollinating Edinburgh’s Living Landscape
There has been lots happening to benefit pollinators across Edinburgh, especially since the launch of the Edinburgh Living Landscape, as Hebe Carus of the Scottish Wildlife Trust revealed in a recent catch up with Jim Jeffrey, SNH Pollinator Strategy Manager. Edinburgh’s Living … Continue reading
Posted in bees, Birds, conservation, Flowers, meadow, Projects, urban nature, wild flowers
Tagged bees, butterflies, greenspaces, pollinators, RBG Edinburgh, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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The Bog Squad travel to Islay to work with the Argyll & the Isles Coast & Countryside Trust
The Bog Squad is a Peatland ACTION funded project managed by Butterfly Conservation Scotland that aims to help restore peatland habitats and promote their value as places where wildlife can thrive. In February the Bog Squad, including Rebecca Crawford, Peatlands … Continue reading
Restoring peatlands for Scotland’s wildlife
Peatland ACTION, with the help of project partners and volunteers, are on the road to restoring Scotland’s peatlands in an effort to improve biodiversity and combat climate change. Here David Hill, Peatland Restoration Project Officer from Butterfly Conservation Scotland’s Bog … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged bog life, butterflies, Peatland ACTION, peatland restoration
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The changing nature of our climate
Imagine if you could no longer find your favourite bird on the wetland in winter, or if trees were dying in your local wood for lack of water in summer. What if the fish in our rivers changed, and salmon … Continue reading
The Bog Squad in ACTION
Butterfly Conservation Scotland’s ‘Bog Squad’ is a volunteer task force, created to carry out rehabilitation works on damaged peatlands across Scotland’s Central Belt, with funding from our Peatland ACTION project. David Hill of Butterfly Conservation tells us more. Central Scotland … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Flanders Moss NNR, Flowers, Insects, National Nature Reserves, Projects, Soil, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, Bird, birds, bumblebees, butterflies, Butterfly Conservation Scotland, conservation, National Nature Reserve, nature, NNR, Peatland ACTION, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, The Bog Squad, volunteers, Wildlife
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Glasdrum’s ancient woodland
Continuing our series on Argyll’s National Nature Reserves, we focus on an ancient wood near Oban. Overlooking a sea loch, ash and oak trees dominate the wood, with trunks softened by a thick coat of mosses and lichens which drip … Continue reading
Posted in Access, biodiversity, Flowers, Insects, Lichens, National Nature Reserves, Protected Areas
Tagged Argyll, ash, biodiversity, butterflies, chequered skipper, ferns, Glasdrum, Glasdrum Wood NNR, lichens, liverworts, management, marsh fritillary, mosses, nature, NNR, oak, otter, Wildlife, woods
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