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Formed by nature – shaped by people
Sue Walker, Communications Officer for the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative (IFLI), reveals a little of the workings behind a partnership that delivers to a variety of projects from wetland creation to archaeological digs, and from recording wildlife sightings to documenting … Continue reading
The prickly issue of Uists’ waders
It’s thought that just seven hedgehogs were introduced to South Uist in 1974 – to control slugs and snails in a domestic garden. Since then the invasive carnivores have spread across South Uist and Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. Today, … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, wildlife management
Tagged biodiversity, Bird, birds, Coast, conservation, dunlin, hedgehogs, lapwing, nest predation, redshank, ringed plover, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, snipe, waders, wildlife management
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Early 2015 at Muir of Dinnet
Followers of our Muir of Dinnet NNR blog know of the weather extremes experienced on the reserve this year. If you don’t follow the blog here’s an update from this stunning reserve. Lying within the Cairngorms National Park, Muir of … Continue reading
Posted in National Nature Reserves
Tagged adder, lapwing, Muir of Dinnet, newt, treecreeper, woodlands
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Spring signs
The signs that spring is on the way are many and varied. Changing bird behaviour is one obvious indicator, and plants bursting into life is another. Here we take a brief look at things to spot and listen out for. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity
Tagged butterbur, great spotted woodpecker, great tit, lapwing, lesser celandine, oystercatcher, Purple saxifrage, Spring
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