Hello gorgeous nature enthusiasts! Daisy is here to update you on our precious Scottish peatlands.
July is disappointingly cool and muggy, but the show must go on. I've been out on some lowland raised bogs in Falkirk, ...
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Archives for 2011
My final blog :(
Hello everyone, this is my last blog as I am finishing up my apprenticeship this week to start as Project Officer for Buglife in Scotland - woooooooo!!!
The last year has completely flown by! Can't believe how busy I have ...
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Part of the Peatland Conservation Community
Hello readers... It's Daisy (the bog lady) here. It's been a while since I last posted so I thought I'd let you all know what's been happening in the life of the lowland raised bog apprentice. There's lots to tell so I've ...
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Summer time
Hello all! This is Ali the fungi and flower apprentice!
Well so much has happened since I last wrote, I've been so busy finishing up reports
from last season and launching myself into the spring and summer Identification ...
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Playing with pine trees at Ballochbuie
What do pinewood ecologists at The James Hutton Institute do for kicks? They take 200 Scots pine saplings, measure their every detail to within an inch of their lives and then drive them 60 miles away to live at Ballochbuie ...
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