National Whale and Dolphin Watch
Event
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 …
NBN Conference 2018: The NBN in a changing climate
Event
The theme of this year’s NBN Conference is “The NBN in a changing climate”. Over the course of the two days we will be covering topics such as data from citizen science, data for delivering environmental planning, tools for online …
New booklets published on dragonflies and grasshoppers
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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 & Galloway and Ayrshire. Each booklet provides information on how …
New Dumfriesshire Botany Group created
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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 – which includes most of Nithsdale, Annandale and Eskdale – and …
Northern Brown Argus survey training day
Event
Butterfly Conservation Scotland are running a training day for local volunteers keen to help survey and monitor the Northern Brown Argus butterfly at Carrick near Gatefouse of Fleet on 25th July. The Northern Brown Argus is an uncommon butterfly in …
NPMS workshop
Event
This workshop will provide an introduction to the National Plant monitoring Scheme (NPMS). We will look at the aims of the scheme, and how the scheme works both in theory and in practice. We will also cover some basic plant ID skills. …
NPMS workshop
Event
This workshop will provide an introduction to the National Plant monitoring Scheme (NPMS). We will look at the aims of the scheme, and how the scheme works both in theory and in practice. We will also cover some basic plant ID skills. …
On the trail of Black Grouse in Galloway…
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Guest blog by RSPB’s Ed Tooth, Black Grouse Project Officer – Galloway Glens Spring is well and truly here. It’s absolutely the best time of year to be up and about at daybreak. The forest edges of the Galloway Forest Park …
Pot Beetle survey at Kirkconnell Flow
Event
Pot beetles are a fascinating and charismatic group of leaf and petal-eating beetles that are very rare in Scotland. This survey day is being organised to assess the status of the rare Six-spotted Pot beetle Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus, that is found …
Pot Beetle survey at Kirkconnell Flow
Event
Pot beetles are a fascinating and charismatic group of leaf and petal-eating beetles that are very rare in Scotland. This survey day is being organised to assess the status of the rare Six-spotted Pot beetle Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus, that is found …
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