As the Natural Communities trainee placed with Buglife, I feel I have a responsibility to lay down the truth about the Noble False Widow (steatoda nobilis) as the hysteria surrounding it has led to mass misidentification and ...
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Scotland keeps surprising me
October has brought a palette of colours to our landscape that I was fortunate to enjoy during the 3 days I spent at Kindrogan attending a small mammals’ course (FSC). The course was so incredible that I don’t know where to ...
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Look at all the pretty colours, it must be Autumn!
What do you mean we've only got 3 months left?
Yep, it's true, we're into October already. What's worse is that shops are selling Christmas stuff!!!
Anyway... Summer has been and gone and we're now smack bang into a ...
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Not a Rubbish Day!
Last week I teamed up with the Scottish Youth Hostel Association and the Highland Council Ranger Service to clear a remote beach to the south of Gairloch. The beach is next to an old SYHA property, now owned by the Mountain ...
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Tackling invasive rhododendron
Way back in March, I wrote about invasive rhododendron, and the problems it causes in the west of Scotland. Invasive rhododendron is a major cause of habitat loss here, where the wet climate provides the perfect environment ...
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