SWSEIC Wildlife Recorders’ Gatherings – Spring 2025
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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 highlight how wildlife recording contributes to this work. It’s also …
Volunteer position at SWSEIC
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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 Manager to register an interest by Friday 12th May. Please …
Watson Birds: Raptor Science Supports Conservation
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Organised by Watson Birds, SNH, RSPB Scotland and SOC, this is a unique opportunity to hear about the latest raptor research in Scotland and further afield. Day One in Edinburgh stimulates interest in new raptor research and how it can …
Welcome to our new website!
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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 site will be home to information about the WWA project …
Whale & Dolphin Watch
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Organised by RSPB. The afternoon will include a short presentation on cetaceans of southwest Scotland before going to try and observe any from the headland. Binoculars and telescopes will be available but if you have any of your own please …
What does the SBIF Review mean for local biological recording?
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Almost 10 years ago a petition was submitted to the Scottish Parliament calling for “integrated local and national structures for collecting, analysing and sharing biological data to inform decision-making processes to benefit biodiversity”. This led to the establishment of the …
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.
Cricket & Grasshoppers – a guide to their identification and distribution
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Guide to the identification and distribution of crickets and grasshoppers in Dumfries and Galloway. Published by DGERC (now SWSEIC) in 2008. Maps have since been superseded and an additional species has now colonised the region.
Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Review 2015
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DGERC’s newsletter now takes the form of an annual review of wildlife recording from the previous year. Published spring 2016, the Review includes contributions from local wildlife recorders and covers articles on moths, mammals and solitary bees amongst others.
Dumfries and Galloway Local Biodiversity Action Plan – Part 1
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Part 1 (Introduction, Issues, Aims and Objectives). The Dumfries and Galloway Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) was published in April 2009. It succeeded the award-winning 1999 Dumfries and Galloway LBAP, bringing the aims, objectives and actions up to date. Contents: …
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