Bog Wildlife Identification Workshop
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Come join the East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative and Where’s Wildilfe in Ayrshire for an afternoon of investigating the wildlife of Low Moss. Samples will be collected from the bog in the morning by the project officers, and we need …
Scottish Ringers’ Conference
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The 43rd Scottish Ringers’ Conference will be held at the Carrbridge Hotel in Carrbridge. Full details and booking are available through the BTO website.
Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group at Loch Urr, 25/08/2017
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On the previous visit in September 2016, we’d got washed out by rain after 2 hours then – sound familiar to those who came this time? I promised a return to the site to cover ground that we didn’t cover …
When it rains, it pours!
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As is the trend with Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire, it rained on the last of our dragonfly ID training days….not just a little, but it poured, twice! However this did not stop us venturing out to do some pond dipping …
All go at the Kelburn Country Show
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In the first ever year of the Kelburn Country show, Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire, with the help of volunteer Rebecca, had a great day out with plenty of interest in the project and in the collection of wildlife specimens on …
Sunny butterfly ID training in South Ayrshire
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Finally the sun made an appearance for the last of the three butterfly ID training workshops at Auchalton Meadow. This flower rich meadow certainly did not disappoint, giving us a range of butterfly species, as well as bumblebees, hoverflies and …
Dragonfly ID training at Kilbirnie Loch
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Here at Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire we are beginning to think that the project is cursed, as every training event we run, it seems to rain! However, the somewhat chilly temperatures and wind did not stop us exploring the shores …
Scottish Birdwatchers Conference 2018
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Details will be available via the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club website.
Scottish Dragonfly Conference
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The third Scottish Dragonfly Conference will be held at the Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library in Perth on Saturday 14th April 2018. For further details nearer to the event see the British Dragonfly Society website events page.
NBN Conference 2017
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This years National Biodiversity Network (NBN) conference will take place in Cardiff. The theme is ‘Data – what is it good for?’, and as always will include an interesting programme of talks and workshops. It’s a great opportunity to meet …
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