On the 18th and 19th of October 2011 researchers, forestry workers, conservationists and ant experts gathered at The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen for the Wood Ant Symposium; an event aimed at raising the profile of wood ...
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Archives for 2011
Adieu, but not goodbye
You are struggling up a hill. It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s wet (well not really right now, but bear with me). There are huge felled trees to struggle over, which until you actually experience it is hard to describe. Imagine ...
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Fun-gal Mischief
Hi everyone!!
Fungi are amazing and so is my apprenticeship so far this Autumn.
I’ve seen some beautiful parts of Scotland and found a fascinating range of grassland fungi.
A Highlight for me was a week long stay on Fair ...
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Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit…
Welcome to another thrilling instalment of the BogBlog.
Either the season has started to slow down a bit, or I’m getting more efficient. One of the two. I seem to be taking things in my stride now, 8 months into my ...
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Anting around at Abernethy
Marching along transects across heathland, fighting off ticks, keds and midges, whilst trying to find strange little grassy mounds that might only be as large as your fist...welcome to my survey for narrow-headed ants on ...
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