D&G Wildlife Review 2015
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Published in spring 2016, the Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Review 2015. The Review replaced our former printed newsletter ERC News. Over the past few years we had reduced the frequency of ERC News to once per year, choosing instead to provide news …
Reptile Training Workshop North Ayrshire
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Interested in recording reptiles but not sure where to start? Come along to one of Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire’s Reptile training workshops! This informal course will provide a general introduction to all the reptiles found in Scotland, their ecology, how …
NFBR conference – Think Globally, Record Locally
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The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) is a UK organisation for practitioners engaged with biological recording across the UK. Their annual conference will be on the theme of ‘Think globally, record locally’ and will be held in partnership with …
Caerlaverock WWT Bioblitz
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To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Caerlaverock Nationa Nature Reserve (NNR), the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust are holding a Bioblitz at WWT Caerlaverock, in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage. The aim will be to find and identify as many different …
National Whale and Dolphin Watch
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Organised by Sea Watch Foundation, the 15th National Whale and Dolphin Watch will take place all around the UK coast between 29th July and 6th August. Details of any local events in SW Scotland will be posted separately, but if …
Amphibian training day at Culzean 31/03/2017
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In the last of three amphibian training days, we spent an evening in the beautiful ground of Culzean castle torching for amphibians after dusk, and were even treated to a show from some bats. After a short indoor session in …
Ardeer Amphibian ID day – weather for amphibians
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It might have been a day for the ducks, but that didn’t stop us braving the elements in the name of newts! After a great and informative morning session lead by Mark Pollitt from the Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources …
Spiders in Dumfries & Galloway 2015-16
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by Bob Merritt, SRS Area Organiser for VCs 72, 73 and 74 The recording of spiders in Dumfries and Galloway has picked up a lot in the last couple of years and several thousand records have been sent to DGERC …
Introduction to Wildlife recording day, Catrine
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On a cold January morning, the Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire project ran its first training course in Catrine, East Ayrshire. This course gave an insight into the world of biological recording, and how to make and submit a wildlife record. …
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