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Woodland restructuring – creating natural woodlands at Beinn Eighe NNR
As the wildlife at Beinn Eighe NNR busily prepares for winter, it’s a busy time too for our team, as work continues on improving and expanding the native woodlands at the reserve. Over the years we have undertaken a number … Continue reading
Species of the month – mycorrhizal fungi – a 400 million year partnership
When early plants started to colonise the land, 410 to 440 million years ago, they had a problem. While the nutrients they needed to grow moved to them in the water, on land they had to move to the nutrients. … Continue reading
Posted in Fungi
Tagged heather, hyphae, machair, mycorrhiza, rhiza, Scots Pine
Species of the month – Scots pine
More than any other tree, the Scots pine gives some of Scotland’s oldest Highland woods their distinctive appearance. The dark green of its canopy and the orange-brown of the trunks are part of that beauty. So, too, is the way … Continue reading
Posted in Species of the month
Tagged caledonian forest, Glen Affric red deer, Glen Feshie, Glenmore, Scots Pine
Species of the month
January – The Crested Tit We all find winter hard-going. It’s a time when keeping warm and finding good food challenges humans and wildlife alike. Spare a thought then for the little crested tit. It’s only fractionally bigger than a … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged Abenethy, caledonian forest, Crested tit, crestie, logo, Rothiemurchus, Scots Pine, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, SOC, species of the month
