Marvellous Moths: Lochhill Farm
Event
The event is free to attend and you can book your place on TicketTailor.
Moniaive Folk Festival – Swift and Hirundine training workshop
Event
Identification workshop: 10am – 2pm Moniaive Swift Survey: 6pm – 8pm Further details can be seen on the Moniaive folk festival website.
Moth ID and recording day at Knowetop Lochs
Event
SWSEIC are teaming up with the local SWT Galloway Group to run a wildlife recording day at the wonderful Knowetop Lochs SWT reserve near Balmaclellan. The reserve has an excellent range of heathland, woodland and wetland habitats and should provide …
National Plant Monitoring Scheme training day
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Training day for the National Plant Monitoring Scheme An indoor session in the morning, followed by an afternoon visit to a square selected for NPMS in the Cree Valley, where we will set up and survey a plot in woodland. …
National Plant Monitoring Scheme training day
Event
Training day for the National Plant Monitoring Scheme. An indoor session in the morning, followed by an afternoon visit to a square selected for NPMS at the Cairnsmore of Fleet National Nature Reserve, where we will set up and survey …
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 …
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 …
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