Wildflower and Insect photography
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Come join the Scottish Wildlife Trust and learn how to capture some fantastic photographs of native wildflowers and the creatures that pollinate them. Get helpful hints and tips from other enthusiasts on macro photography Macro Photograpghy Event 2017 For more …
A million records for local wildlife information centre
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Press release issued 28/03/2018 celebrating reaching one million wildlife records on the SWSEIC database.
Ayrshire Mammals: Report No. 1 – Bogside Flats
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Report of field visits to Bogside Flats SSSI in winter/spring 2017 by Alistair Murdoch.
Crickets and Grasshoppers in SW Scotland
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An atlas of the grasshopper, crickets and relatives in SW Scotland. Includes species accounts and distribution maps of all regularly recorded species. Published in 2019.
Shieldbugs in SW Scotland
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An atlas of the shieldbugs of SW Scotland, published by SWSEIC in 2025. Includes species accounts and maps of all the species recorded in SW Scotland.
The Bees and Wasps of Ayrshire (Iain Hamlin, 2025)
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An annotated list of Ayrshires wasp and bee species produced by local entomologist Iain Hamlin.
VC75 provisional Coleoptera checklist
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A provisional list of beetles (coleoptera) in VC75, prepared by Bruce Philp
Wildlife Recording Spreadsheet
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Excel spreadsheet for entering records for submission to SWSEIC
Wildlife Records Form
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Printable recording form for writing down wildlife records for submission to SWSEIC
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