SWSEIC Recording Group at Castle Loch, 20th August 2024
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Our latest recording group visit was to Castle Loch, Lochmaben. We were greeted with good weather which was a welcome occurrence this year. Thirteen of us patrolled the southern and eastern parts of the Loch and all together, we recorded …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Craigengillan Estate, 24th July 2025
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After several failed attempts in 2024 we were finally gifted a good day for wildlife recording at Craigengillan Estate, located southwest of Dalmellington. We were spared the relentless hordes of midges and biblical rains of 2024 for which the seven …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Craigengillan, 22 May 2024
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A small group of recorders braved the unpromising weather forecast to visit the wonderful habitats of the Craigengillan Estate in East Ayrshire. The overnight moth traps yielded a small catch (20 species recorded overall) but included some interesting species, in …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Dalskairth, 27th July 2024
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Out latest recording day was at Dalskairth, a site west of Dumfries, which is being managed for wildlife by the site owner. Eleven of us scoured the site and we recorded 234 species collectively. The day began a bit dreich …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Dunure, 12 June 2024
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The SWSEIC recording group visited Dunure for our next visit. Six of our local recorders came on the day and the SWT’s local volunteer group also came to lend a hand. All together we recorded 349 species, although SWSEIC has …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Eastriggs MOD, 4th June 2025
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The recording day at Eastriggs was held jointly with the Dumfriesshire Botany Group. The event was well attended with 14 of us showing up to survey the site on the day. The site lies SE of Eastriggs, covering the area …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Glenmidge, 7th May 2025
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The first SWSEIC recorder’s day of the year was at Glenmidge where ten recorders joined us on the day. Collectively we gathered 298 records for the site, totalling 232 species. The site visited covers 12 hectares of land that was …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Hannahston Wood, 12th September 2024
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Our final SWSEIC recording group day of the year was held at Hannahston Woodland, Drongan. Five of use turned up on the day and whilst the day was quite cool, we were most relieved to stay dry! All together we …
SWSEIC Recording Group at High Slock & Auchneight Moor, 29th June 2025
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The recording day at High Slock Cottage and Auchneight Moor was well attended with nine recorders on the day. The weather smiled on us and the day was very successful; between us we recorded 386 species. The area lies on …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Loch Lig, near Barrhill, on 1 July 2025
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The Loch Lig recording day was with a small group of four recorders. However, the day’s survey work produced the greatest value from all this year’s events. Before the recording day only Red Squirrel and Ringlet butterfly had been recorded …
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