Site of the Month: Tarras Valley Nature Reserve (April 2022)
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The first site in our new series of guides, describing where to watch and record wildlife in SW Scotland, is Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. As one of our newest nature reserves, located in an area not regularly frequented by wildlife …
Site of the Month: The Nith Estuary (December 2023)
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This Nith Estuary is one of the most significant sites in the region for wintering waders and waterfowl. The Solway is famously home to the entire wintering population of Svalbard Barnacle Geese Branta leucopsis, and has significant numbers of Pintail Anas acuta, Shelduck Tadorna tadorna and Scaup Aythya marila. The …
Site of the Month: Threave (April 2023)
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Threave Estate was donated by Major Alan Gordon to the National Trust for Scotland in 1948. Just two years earlier, Sir Peter Scott, a friend of the Gordon family and occasional visitor to Threave, had established the Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge. No …
Site of the Month: Wigtown Bay (February 2023)
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Wigtown Bay is the estuary of the River Cree and the River Bladnoch. It consists of extensive areas of saltmarsh and mudflats, which are best known for large wintering flocks of wildfowl and waders, but is also important for salt tolerant plants and for …