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 …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Moffat nature reserves, 19th May 2025
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The wildlife recording day at Moffat Community Nature Reserve and Dyke Farm Nature Reserve was well attended with eight recorders coming to help us find things on the day. All together we recorded 291 species. As usual we started with …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Port Logan, 11 May 2024
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Our second SWSEIC recorders day of 2024 was held at Port Logan where we were greeted by wonderfully sunny weather. Nine recorders came to lend us their expertise on the day. Overall, we recorded 308 species over the two 1km …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Tardoes Farm, Muirkirk, 12th June 2025
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The recording day at Tardoes Farm, Muirkirk was attended by seven recorders. The site is situated in the Muirkirk uplands and had few previous records so most of the records we collected on the day are likely to be new …
SWSEIC Recording Group at Williamwood Farm, 25 June 2024
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Our latest SWSEIC Recording Group visit was to Williamwood Farm near Brydekirk. This was one of our best attended days yet with 12 local recorders coming to support us on the day. We are still awaiting some results but so …
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