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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 beetles: training for identification, surveys and monitoring
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Pot beetles are a fascinating group of petal and leaf-eating beetles that get their name from the protective shell-like ‘pot’ that the larvae live in, created using their own droppings! In Scotland the Six-spotted pot beetle has only been recorded …
Pot-beetle Survey
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This survey day is being organised by Buglife to assess the status and remaining habitat for the rare Six-spotted Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus. It has only ever been recorded at Kirkconnell Flow in Scotland. Pot beetles are a fascinating and charismatic …
REARRANGED – Botany Group field meeting (Kirkcudbrightshire) – Arbigland
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See event on Thu 5th July
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