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This spring SWSEIC will be holding two half-day gatherings for our local wildlife recorders. The events will include presentations about local wildlife and conservation projects and provides a chance to…
The charity Scottish Badgers is currently recruiting volunteers to assist with its national survey work in the region. The ‘Get Sett Scotland!’ citizen science project aims to provide an estimate…
SWSEIC has been busy updating the Dumfries & Galloway moth website. The website has been developed to aid recorders by providing the current known distribution of species in D&G, identification…
iNaturalist is a global wildlife recording website and app. It has particularly been gaining in popularity, particularly amongst less experienced recorders due to the helpful community and rich features of…
Local beetle enthusiast Bruce Philp has spent lockdown very productively by pulling together a provision beetle list for Ayrshire (VC75), The list is available to download here – VC75 Ayrshire coleoptera…
This update is to inform everyone on how SWSEIC activities are affected during the current coronavirus outbreak. In line with government recommendations, SWSEIC staff are currently working from home but…
Did you know that the ‘cuckoo-spit’ that you see in spring is produced by the immature stage (nymph) of a spittlebug or froghopper? Once the nymphs emerge as adults, usually…
Due to a very poor weather forecast, we have reluctantly decided to cancel our community moth trapping event at Kirkgunzeon on Saturday 8th June. We hope to be able to…
SWSEIC have produced two new A5 booklets about invertebrate groups in SW Scotland. The booklets cover dragonflies and crickets & grasshoppers, and focus only on the species recorded in Dumfries…
Wildlife recorders from around the region gathered in Dumfries on Saturday 30th March to learn about and celebrate the region’s special wildlife. SWSEIC’s Wildlife Recorders’ Gathering 2019 was the first…
The Kirkcudbrightshire Botany Group have published their planned events programme for 2019. The programme commences in late March with a visit to Grey Mare’s Tail (Galloway Forest Park) and will…
A new species of dragonfly was added to the list for SWSEIC’s office at Kirkgunzeon last week with the discovery of the scarce Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens in the nearby burn.…
Earlier this week SWSEIC reached a major milestone by adding our one millionth record to our database. The record of a Redshank on Loch Ryan was part of the county…
A new botany group – the Dumfriesshire Botany Group – has now been established in the eastern part of Dumfries and Galloway. The group will cover the vice-county of Dumfriesshire –…
Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire? Project Officer – £21,000 p.a. The Southern Uplands Partnership is looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent communication and project management skills to continue delivery of…
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…
SWSEIC have an opportunity for a volunteer to assist with the creation and updating of content for the SWSEIC website. If you are interested in helping please email the SWSEIC…
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…
Welcome to the new SWSEIC/Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire? website! The website has been developed through the Where’s Wildlife in Ayrshire? project with the kind support of our project funders. The…
SUP is registered in Scotland as a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Registered address: The Southern Uplands Partnership, Studio 2, Lindean Mill, Galashiels, TD1 3PE. Company No. SC200827 / Charity No. SCO29475