Another busy day!

Redstart and grasshopper warbler singing, two weasels seemed oblivious to Gillian weeding close by – no pics unfortunately.
continue readingRedstart and grasshopper warbler singing, two weasels seemed oblivious to Gillian weeding close by – no pics unfortunately.
continue readingOnce common, red squirrels have declined rapidly since the 1950’s. Numbers in the UK have fallen from around 3.5 million, to a current estimated population of around 120,000, of which 75% or more are in Scotland.
continue readingA big thanks to everyone that came and did such valuable work for us at the tree nursery on the RSPB’s Wood of Cree reserve.
continue readingIf you see small groups or pairs of people in the woods looking into nestboxes, don’t worry.
continue readingAndy Riches, the county Mammal recorder has just published his report for 2014 which gives distributions of our mammal species throughout D&G.
continue readingThe deer strip the bark to eat when browsing material is scarce.
continue readingThe boxes are numbered by members of the Activity and Resource Centre in Newton Stewart.
continue readingCan also be heard singing at this time of the year as they breed very early in the year so that they can take advantage of crops of cones on conifer trees before the cones open with the warmth of the spring sunshine and shed their seeds.
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