Earlier this week I went down to visit the construction of a new section of river course on a small tributary of the Eddleston Water, Tweed Catchment. The Tweed Forum (http://www.tweedforum.org/) are behind this development ...
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Hello! I'm Emma, the newly-initiated Upland Ecosystems apprentice. I am now a month into my apprenticeship based with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), and I'm already very busy and privileged to be so. I have an ...
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On Saturday I had the great opportunity to meet some of the Allan Water Catchment residents at the Doune and Dunblane Show where I had my first ever Natural Flood Management (NFM) Tent. It was a lovely sunny summer day at ...
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I have just returned from a brilliant trip around the Firth of Clyde on board SEPA’s marine research vessel the Sir John Murray. The Sir John Murray (SJM) is a 24 metre scientific vessel that is used for marine surveys year ...
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Hi all! Thought I would give you all an insight into the field work I have been doing these last few months and explain the different trapping techniques I have been using.  I set twenty pitfall traps on six of the golf ...
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